God's Faithfulness to me! (17 - 22 January 2010)

Sunday, 17 January 2010:

I was feeling burdened. With 6 projects left, and 3 due in the coming week. The preparations for the Installation were still underway and the fact that exams were coming in 3 weeks time made it all so overwhelming.

Thus, after the message in Youth Service, I asked Zach to pray for me that I would not take on my new appointment as President of A-Team by my own strength, and for God to sustain me through the week!

Monday, 18 January 2010:

I read Jeremiah 36 - 40. I asked God to help me to see the bigger picture and live for God's purposes, not mine. I had a presentation on Managing MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) in a form of an individual group business proposal to the lecturer where the right venue selection was very important. Many groups had their venues questioned, but i thank God that we managed to justify ours! It was a great start to the completion of the first project.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010:

Due to the stress of the Installation preparation and the other projects due, I decided to get up extra early to finish up a report. But when I woke up, I felt uneasy and decided to do my quiet time first. At 7.41am, I read Jeremiah 41 - 45. I realized that God had already revealed to me the desires of His heart. Yet, I chose to rely on my own strength. I repented and asked God to teach me to trust Him with all my heart.

When I let God take over, I could see from the rehearsal that the Installation was starting to take shape. Even though it wasn't perfect, it was much better that I expected.

Wednesday, 20 January 2010:

I woke up bright and early again. Today was the day for the actual Installation Ceremony. I had diarrhoea 3 times! My heart was anxious. But then Tanya told me that when God's people want to do great things for Him, the devil would try to deter us from achieving it. So she told me to believe that God was in control and that I would be fine soon.

At 7.30am, I wrote in my prayer journal and prayed for the complete healing and restoration of my body. I asked God for a spirit of confidence that I would be able to lead the A-Team to pull off a great Installation Ceremony! I prayed that my speech would be filled with God's presence (even though I could not mention "God") and committed the whole Installation into God's hands!

The time had come. God helped me to remain calm through the last-minute preparations. My diarrhoea was gone! It was a nervous start to the Installation as I did not know what would actually happen in the end. But from the overwhelming entrance, to the amazing dance, things started to show a brighter side. It got even better! The videos were memorable, the passiing down ceremony was unique, and the theme song was so inspiring. I believe many were touched through my speech too! Praise God!!!

Thursday, 21 January 2010:

It was another great morning. At 9.26am, I got up to read my Bible and to praise God for the amazing things that happened the night before! Also, today was another important presentation for ICT. Eugene who was in my group helped a lot by pushing me really hard to select the right surveillance system to research on, despite my "stress" during the Installation period. But I'm glad that he did, as we managed to showcase our findings quite well too!

Friday, 22 January 2010:

It was finally the last day of the work week. And today was also the last project assignment due within the week! This required us to prepare a skit about Human Resource Management (HRM) in NTUC Fairprice! Thank God for such an amazingly bonded and creative group that we could present our project in unity! It was awesome!!

OVERALL, I just want to thank God for showing me His faithfulness in the whole week! It just amazed me to see how God can bless us with so much good in our lives if only we learn to trust in Him fully and put Him as our first priority! This week has been especially memorable and it is an amazing testimony of God's grace and favour in my life!

AMEN!!!

I can't think right...

God!

Why do I feel so overwhelmed now?

It just feels so stressful...

I don't know if I am doing the right thing...

What should I do with this part of my life?

I need to focus somewhere...

Help me, God!

Game On!

Today, I just came across some of the goals that i set during the OBS leadership programme with NYP. I wrote them on a large orange card and pasted it on my cupboard. It fell off so i decided to take a look at it. Here they are...

1. To become an effective leader by being flexible in leading the Ambassadorial Team with different leadership models next year.
2. To build up a strong group of capable leaders within the current and upcoming batches of A-Team members from this coming semester.
3. To lead my fellow Ambassadors to truly become good representatives of NYP in order to contribute to the image of the school in preparation for various events in 2010!

Well, I hope that these goals would come true next year!!!

) 0 _ - = + p { [ } ] ; : ' " / ?

WOW!!!

It has been ages since I last posted something!

Anyways, today is a very happy day for me! Let me explain why!

Slightly over a month ago, my laptop's keyboard suddenly malfunctioned, causing several keys to become unusable! The cause of the malfunction was unknown, but it definitely brought much inconvenience to me!

Here are the keys that stopped working:
) 0 _ - = + p { [ } ] ; : ' " / ?

Yes, i know! How can anyone survive without these important keys!!! Well, i'm glad to say that I did! But it wasn't all that easy from the start!

At first, i was left frustrated when i kept pressing empty keys which resulted in me typing many incomplete words as I was trying to use MSN! Furthermore, it was during a period of time where i really needed my laptop to complete my school projects!

Fortunately for me, I discovered a HP Windows Vista default: The On-Screen Keyboard!

This has been my life saver for the past month! But, it was an interesting phase that I had been through - type then click, type then click! You see. Whenever I arrived at a missing key whilst I was typing, I had to refer to the On-Screen Keyboard to click for it!

My friends and family were all so amused by it! They even laughed at me saying, "No wonder you're not playing Typing Maniac on Facebook!" That's because I will definitely keep losing! Haha!

BUT. Just minutes ago, as I was chatting on MSN, I accidentally pressed the letter "p" on my keyboard. To my surprise, the "p" actually appeared where I wanted it to be!!! I was so shocked!!! I can't believe that it just... WORKED!

After weeks of torture and frustration trying to type what I want, and going to the HP customer service center in Alexandra in an attempt to have it fixed, but only returning home in disappointment knowing that my warranty had ended and that it would cost me $161.65 to fix it - it finally just worked on its own! WOO HOO!~

I'm really happy! That's why I decided to blog about it immediately!! This experience definitely taught me to treasure the letter "P" as I realised how often I had to use it in "proposals", "camps", "prepare", "photos", "NYP", "polytechnic", "project" and many other "important" words!!!

Thank God for this miracle!!!

Getting through this time...

Today, i'm on the Purpose-Driven Life Book Day 19.

Almost at the middle of my 40-day discovery with God. My life has been quite a challenge for me in the past few weeks. I'm on a roller-coaster ride everyday. But it's just that now i'm riding on a really bumpy stretch...

Oh. How much my heart longs for it all to end. But looking down from the 13th floor where I live makes me realise how i don't want my life to just end that way. What's the point?

I'm not even 18 yet. But why does it seem like i've gone through so much? Why is it so hard to just move on with life? Does every (almost) 18-year-old face the same circumstances as I do?

My life is in Christ. That is the greatest purpose and meaning to life that anyone could ever as for! But why does it hurt so much. I know this journey isn't going to be easy...

I just pray that i'll survive and reach the end.

(To anyone reading this. Please be praying for me. Thank you.)

RESULTS FOR YEAR1 SEM2!

OMGOSH!!! my results for the academic year 08/09 sem 2 was just released today!!! i did really well!! improved SO much from last sem! here's a comparison!

Module Code	Module Description	Module Credit	Module Grade	Grade Point	Module Credit Earned	Grade Point x Module Credit Earned
SEMESTER 1
BM0003	PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING	4	A	4.0	4	16.0
BM0008	MACROECONOMICS	4	B+	3.5	4	14.0
BM0011	STATISTICAL THEORY FOR BUSINESS	4	B+	3.5	4	14.0
BM0019	PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING	4	B	3.0	4	12.0
BM0022	EFFECTIVE WRITING SKILLS	4	DIST	4.0	4	16.0
BM0703	BUSINESS SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS	4	B+	3.5	4	14.0
SEMESTER 2
BM0002	ACCOUNTING FOR ASSETS	4	DIST	4.0	4	16.0
BM0007	MICROECONOMICS	4	DIST	4.0	4	16.0
BM0012	STATISTICAL METHODS FOR BUSINESS	4	A	4.0	4	16.0
BM0016	PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT	4	A	4.0	4	16.0
BM0701	EFFECTIVE ORAL COMMUNICATION	4	DIST	4.0	4	16.0
BM0702	INTERNET & WEB - TECHNOLOGIES	4	B+	3.5	4	14.0
Total:		48				180.0

Total Grade Points x Module Credits Earned = 180.0
Total Module Credits = 48

GPA = ∑(Grade Point x Module Credit Earned) / ∑(Module Credit)
Hence, your GPA is 180.0/48 = 3.75

PRAISE GOD! once again, i'm in the director's list! i was so shocked yet excited when i got my results! i really thank God for blessing me with this result!

now i can't wait to strive for the President's Award! i have submitted my application. just praying that i'll make it to the interview! BUT for now, i'm going to enjoy my holidays!!!

WOO HOO!! =)

EXAMS ARE OVER!

Exams are over!!!!

I can't believe it! Soon, i'm going to be in Year 2!!! How cool is that?

Well, for now, my next goal is to achieve the President's Award. WOW. Big dreams. I really don't know how i am going to do it. But i'm going to take my chances.

Go Sean!

Anyways, I'm enjoying my holidays! Time to catch up on my social life! :D

I choose to love You.

Dear Jesus,

I am sorry. I know that I have sinned against You time and time again. But only today, I suddenly realize how it must have been hurting your heart when I felt the pain today. I've been living with this guilt for the whole day. Until now, this feeling is just so unbearable.

Jesus, I need You. My heart is so burdened and heavy with my sins. I never fail to see them coming back to mind from my unforgotten memory. Although it belongs to the past, I can't seem to leave it alone and move on to the future. Lord, have you forgiven me?

How do I know if I have truly repented? I can say 'sorry' or 'please forgive me' as many times as I want. But how many times has it been truly sincere? Is is my walk with You that isn't strong and closely bonded? Why does it seem that I can never understand Your heart? Or even mine?

GOD. I'm tired of living my life as a hypocrite. I do not deserve the praises and compliments that I receive from others who don't know my true self. Lord, Renew my heart. Cleanse my mind. Refresh my spirit. Humble my soul. I choose to love You.

Amen.

-o-l-i-g-o-p-o-l-y-

-o-l-i-g-o-p-o-l-y-

well, that's the one word that i remember from yesterday morning's MicroEconomics lecture. And the Semestrial Exam Timetable is out! it'll be from the 3rd week of Feb '09. Thank God that the schedule looks quite evenly spaced out...

anyways, after oral com tutorial, i had lunch with yaping & meiting before going up to the IBRC to do our Econs project. at first, i was just feel so lethargic after lunch. but even after mingyong came, i still wasn't able to focus on doing anything!

then at 330pm, we decided to take a break and attended the NUS Talk at LTC-2. we met some of our classmates there too. the speaker was Dr. Helen Chai from the NUS business school. after some questions following her presentation, here is my conclusion:

I need to achieve a GPA of at least 3.6 and my options related to Hospitality in NUS business school are Marketing and Management.

soon after that, i suddenly got really hyped up to completing the Econs project! i was so motivated after that talk to do really well in my studies!

in the evening, i attended the Synergy 2009 briefing. i am getting prepared to PLAY HARD as much as i should WORK HARD! I pray for God's strength and guidance for the next few weeks as i go through this important period!

In Jesus' most precious name. Amen!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!

WOW! it has been an awesome start to 2009! on new year's eve, i just thought that i would be simply celebrating the new year at home with my family...

but at around 8pm, i got a msg from jiangwei to countdown with the bbsgb people! i was with jiangwei, ben tan, shawn, yiting, joshua, gregory, christopher, yongjie, weili, keqin & zhengjie at the Marina barrage to watch the awesome fireworks - marking the start of a brand new year!!!

after that, we bought drinks at starbucks together and toasted to the new year (and the end of a very successful BBSGB!) We waited until clifford, gavin, julius, eddie and some other friends to arrive before we walked to seah street to play pool at pool fusion! There, we met kelvin & baoling who joined us! (:

we had much fun & fellowship playing together... but at around 330am, we left the place and walked to bugis mac for breakfast at 430am! we ate heartily and i enjoyed every single bite! having eaten our breakfast, we strolled and sang our way back to city hall mrt! we had to wait for the station to open and for the trains to start! by then, it was almost 7am!

after saying our good-byes, we left for our own platforms and slept through our ride back to bishan. i rushed home asap and had a quick shower! i fell asleep as soon as my head touched my pillow (:

overall, my new year was quite awesome and i was glad to spend it with my new BBSGB friends! here are some photos of the whacky bunch:~

anyways, here are some new year resolutions for 2009!

1. To follow God's ways more closely everyday, living a pure and holy life!
2. To challenge myself to seize new opportunities given to me, making sure that my best is put in at all times!
3. To make a conscious effort to share God's love with my classmates so that they too may see and know the purpose of their life!
4. To grow to be more prominent as a leader in the Boys' Brigade and to leave a legacy of love and hope to all who i will meet!
5. To transform FISH & CO. to become a cell group that truly longs to shine for Jesus!
6. To excel in my studies through sheer will and determination to achieve good results!

God bless all my prayers & happy new year 2009!!! :D

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

"Have a Heart, Share a Gift (with me)!"

ME-rry ChRiStMaS everyone!!! (:

Well, it has been a great few days before Christmas Day! Last Thursday, I helped to organize our class' first-ever Christmas party cum BBQ at Jonathan's place! It was a great time of fun and fellowship through games and random activities! (I'm still waiting for photos from mel!)

Then on Friday, a group of us Primers helped out for the BBSGB CEO Car Flag Off! It was a cool event where CEOs from Jetstar Asia, CapitaLand Finance, Charles & Keith, and many others who personally came down to deliver some PA bags in their cool cars!

After that, I went to attend the A-Team Christmas Party aka 'Red Carpet Glamour' in the evening! Here are some photos from the awesome night!

[More photos HERE!!]

WOW! Then from Saturday onwards, I've been involved in my BBSGB shift doing Delivery duties! I made at least 4 Delivery trips each day! During breaks, I had fun helping out in the warehouse! Because we had to go down to HQ almost every day, Jun Ning came to stay over at my place for a few nights...

It was really tiring serving in the BBSGB during this period. But at the same time, I had fun and got to know other Primers even better! Besides that, I've also learnt more about the spirit of volunteerism! Within my means as a Primer in charge of the delivery lorry, I had the opportunity to lead and educate the boys who went out with me on the deliveries! This experience has made my holiday more than I could have ever imagined!

On Christmas eve, I had lunch with mum and the 3 of us at Sakae Sushi. We enjoyed the food and fellowship there and continued for dessert over cakes and hot chocolate drinks at The Coffee Bean! After which, I joined some of the guys at Heng Yong's place for an afternoon of Mahjong (using chips)! ZJ & I won $15.40 (in chips)! YAY!

Well, tomorrow's the last day of SGB for me! I hope to finish it well and properly hand my job over to the next Delivery Primer! May God take control of everything! I believe that this will be an awesome december holiday!!!

SERIOUS?! Really?! 不会吧。。。那里可能？！

Primers Challenge 2008!

12 December is the last day before my mid-semester break. I didn't go to school. Instead, i made my way to BBHQ for the Primers Challenge from 12 - 15 December 2008! (:

We had lunch at the Zion Riverside food centre before gathering back at BBHQ for the briefing. The brigade president said a few words to encourage us to challenge ourselves during the trip. Then, we did some self-introductions to get to know a little bit about each other. We split up into our groups. I was with Jun Ning, Yvonne, Benjamin and Sherman. After a quick prayer for safety, the Primers Challenge began!

We had some tasks to complete before we could receive our next clue. We had to form a square with several pieces of shapes & Jun Ning also completed a sudoku puzzle. Then we made our way to the train station! We ran to Tiong Bahru MRT and took the train to Tanjong Pagar. Then from there, we got directions from a lady who walked with us to her office building before directing us straight towards the KTM train station!

We had a briefing from the expedition instructor, Sue, before boarding the train towards Pahang! It was a solid 7-hour train journey and we arrived slightly after 1am. We made our way to our hotel where we spent the night.

The next morning, we had roti prata and milo for breakfast at a nearby coffee shop. Then, we cleared from the hotel and took a 1-hour bus ride towards our new campsite - an empty cave with ready made tents!

Finally, it was time for adventure caving! We spent 3-hours enduring leech bites, scaling rock formations and visiting the bats cave, 'turtle' cave and 'snake' cave (with only the bats cave that really had bats living in it)! It was tiring, scary, yet awesome experience to me! I felt a sense of accomplishment after completing the whole trek!

After having lunch at the campsite, we headed back out for a short 1-hour visit to the 'moonlight' cave. Then, we collected firewood and dry leaves for the campfire. Our group was to be in charge of the campfire. So we stayed to plan out and set up the campfire while the rest of the primers went back to the campsite.

Unfortunately, by dinner, it started to rain. So we had to return back to the cave and make do with a 'torchlight' campfire. Yvonne & I led the campfire, which I felt was quite a success despite the dampening weather! We played Whacko, Musical 'Ball', created a story about Ken, and closed with a sharing of the day's experience. Finally, Catherine did a speech before closing the campfire (and the day) with a prayer...

The next day, I woke up early and washed up before waking the rest of the Primers up. We packed our stuff and made our way down to the huts for breakfast. Then we took a 1-hour bus ride towards Taman Negara! I was kinda looking forward to it since I had been there in 2005!

We finally got there and memories started flooding in. We took the river boats across the river and walked to the Canopy walk. After an unexpected wait, we finally set foot on the World's longest Canopy walk! We took several photos up there and enjoyed the breath-taking scenery!

After that, we trekked up to the summit of Bukit Teresek. We took a few group photos before heading down to one of the floating restaurants for lunch! It was already 3pm! So most of us we feeling really hungry! I ate everything like I had not eaten for a day!


It was finally time to leave Taman Negara. We took a sleepy 2.5 hour bus ride back to our hotel in Pahang. After a short rest, we walked to a Chinese restaurant and had a filling 6-course dinner to reward ourselves for all the good effort put into the expedition!

After dinner, we went shopping at a nearby supermarket. I found some good buys including 3 bottles of cologne spray! We even had time to grab a bite at KFC!

The train was expected to arrive at 1.47am. So we got to the station at 1am. Unfortunately, an announcement in Malay informed us the the train was to be delayed until 830am due to technical problems!

So, we headed back to our hotel rooms where we played card games until 430am! We finally conked out and went to sleep. I spent the night with keqin alone in another room as we were locked out by the main gate to our allocated room!

We woke up for a sumptuous dim sum breakfast before heading back to the train station. But, the train was said to be delayed for another 1.5 hours. Yet, it did not arrive until 10am! Finally travelling towards Singapore, we were all tired yet bored on the train. We could not fall asleep as we would have if we took an overnight train ride.


We thought after all that, we should be able to head home with no trouble. But, another surprise awaited us! The train suddenly terminated at Johor Bahru! So close yet so far from Singapore! So we left the train station with our refund, leaving other angry passengers crowding the station.

We walked to the immigration and took a public bus back to the Woodlands immigration centre. By then, it was already 6pm! Everyone was tired after a whole day wasted on travelling when we could have been back home half-a-day earlier! So, we all made our way home from there.

Zheng Jie & I decided to have dinner at Kim San Leng in Bishan. We were so hungry that we ordered a Chicken Rice set for 3 people! We complemented our feast with homemade iced lemon tea! Then, we too made our way home...

Overall, I felt that the Primers Challenge expedition helped me to overcome many fears and gave me many memories and experiences that I will never forget! I got to know more Primers from various BB companies better too!


However, it was the last minute turn of events on the last day that made me realise how unpredictable life can be! I've learnt to be more independent from the trip and I can't wait for more experiences like this to come! (:

Camp Diamonds 2008

Woah! I'm finally back from Camp Diamonds 2008! It was a really tiring, yet fulfilling leadership camp. I slept immediately after I came home and had my shower in the late afternoon. I woke up after 9pm for dinner before checking my email. But I still have to complete my Stats tutorial for tomorrow! However, I decided that I should blog about the camp before I forget about the experiences that I had!

I met with the A-Team people after registration for the camp at Blk E, Level 3. They are Chermaine, Faizal, Farah, Itin, Jasmine, Maria, Melody, Paulina, Sariman, Shu Hui, Suzanne, and Wei Liang (I hope I didn't leave anyone out!)...

I was placed in Group 3 or 'Ang Dou Tng' aka 红豆汤! My team consists of Jeremy as our facilitator, Charlene, Derrick, Hui Ying, Jay, Jovin, Matthew, Nissa, Terrence, Vati, Wing (Hui Ying), and Xue Mei! Marjuk was supposed to be in my group, but he couldn’t make it for the camp because he had to work…

Anyways, the camp started with some ‘ice-breakers’ which we didn’t really follow in the end… We came up with our flag and prepared our small backpacks for our overnight night walk! Each group was given 7 loafs of bread, a few dozens of Vitasoy and Milo to help us to last through the night…

After a simple supper of bread and spread, we took a bus down to East Coast Park where we started our walk all the way to Changi Beach! I don’t know how long we walked but it definitely felt good/tiring as we had walked for at least 4 hours!

Along the way, we did many tasks including ‘Entangled’, transferring a ball using bamboo poles, counting to 100 but leaving out numbers with 3 or the multiples of it, Morse-code and even Sudoku at the end of it all! I’m proud to say that our team managed an impressive 2nd Place finish despite several obstacles along the way!

After that gruelling ‘night’ walk, we returned to NYP after a short breakfast with the usual – bread and spread! We had about 2 hours to wash-up and rest! Thereafter, we took the bus back to Changi with all our bags and slept again along the way… We had lunch and signed our indemnity forms for kayaking! YAY!

I had been waiting for it even before the camp started! What a nice Saturday afternoon for kayaking! Good thing it wasn’t too sunny! So we managed to enjoy kayaking in the sea for about 5 hours! It was fun at first, so Wei Liang and I started off really fast… Until a few hours later, I suddenly felt really hungry and had a bit of gastric half-way…

Thank God that I was kayaking with Wei Liang. He helped me to continue paddling when I felt weak and my arms were tiring due to a lack of energy… Seeing him persevering, I was motivated and decided not to give up and continued paddling when I could!

Finally, it was over and we all headed back to shore! I was totally starving! But, there was no time for food yet! We had some time to wash/clean up before heading to the park for some ‘team-building’ activities with the whole camp! We played an entanglement game where we all had to go through an obstacle course of raffia strings that were messily strung around some trees – all in pairs. It seemed like an easy task, except that we had to do it immediately after kayaking! So it took a toll on our bodies…

After all that, we took another bus nap as we were all brought to the Dairy Farm Adventure Centre’s campsite to bunk in for the last night! And I was still feeling so hungry! I couldn’t wait to start ‘dinner’!

But, we had to prepare it by ourselves for field cooking. It was also a competition! We were given spaghetti, and canned tomato puree, mushrooms and baked beans. After serving the judges’ share of food, we started feasting soon after that!

Despite having 4 servings, I was still feeling super hungry! Joan then treated everyone to ICE CREAM! We all enjoyed it as we sat around the campfire area before it started…

Then, Joan declared the campfire open! We had an awesome time with each group’s cheer, the usual campfire songs, dance competition, mirroring game and all! Team NYP even did our Poly Forum cheers - at least we scraped through it (: We ended off with a friendship dance, the committee’s cheers and each facilitator’s word of thanks!

We had our lights out at 2am and woke up soon after at 645am. We did an ‘eye-opening’ morning exercise that I really enjoyed. Then it was time for station games around the campsite! I got herbal toothpaste on my left cheek, made water bombs but didn’t throw any, ran around in the ‘island game’, and got myself all wet just to collect a few drops of water in a bottle. LOL!

We finished off with the mass water bombing – where I guess the objective was simply to let everyone throw the remaining water bombs at each other to have FUN!

After the wet games, we had time to wash up and clean the toilets… We cleared our bunks and gathered around the campsite for debrief in our individual groups and – of course – photo-taking!!!

We finally boarded the bus for NYP and got our valuables back! Amazingly, no one seemed to be sleeping despite the gruelling activities and less than 8 hours of sleep over 3 days! I guess it was because we all got our technology and mobile devices back!

I had received 18 new messages and tons of missed calls after I had turned my phone on! I was so busy that it took the whole bus ride for me to finish replying to all my calls and messages!

Anyways, we had a final mass debrief and prize presentation at the Forum @ Blk E! Our group earned ourselves a 3rd place! I think we all did an awesome job! We took a final camp photo with everyone forming the word ‘DIAMONDS’ and the shape of a diamond!

Overall, I had enjoyed myself in the camp! I got to know many new friends and I can’t wait for more exciting things to come! Yeah! :D

halloween FEVER!!

JUST YESTERDAY...

I was having a headache, back pains, and discomfort all over my body - but at least my throat had begun to sooth down from the morning... I thank God that people were praying for me...

I had an early morning lecture at 9am and was already feeling open wounds in my throat. i bought strepsils and felt a little better after taking it. I seemed fine through my tutorial and my lunch meeting for our Halloween event...

But after we went up to the A-Team room to make preparations for our event, my back started to hurt and headaches distracted me from what I was trying to do...

I had planned to buy some presents with Faizal at AMK. but in the end, i decided to go straight to bishan instead. Thank God that Farah was with me to settle the presents before she left with her cousin.

After that, I rushed home to bathe, sleep and stay rested! I slept for about 1hr 30mins before I woke up for dinner. I took another shower as I was still feeling hot and sweaty... My headache seemed to be getting worse! I prayed again as I did my quiet time that I would be healed by morning! I needed to get my work done for school and upcoming events...

I took some panadol before proceeding on to do my work.. Then I decided that I had to rest soon.. So I went to sleep.. I got up a few times in the night to drink water as I was feeling uncomfortable.. But I finally managed to get to sleep..

THANK GOD!! It's morning and I'm feeling much better! But I know that I will still have to take care of myself before my LONG WEEKEND...

Keep praying for me! (:

HOLIDAY UPDATE!!!!

OKAY!!!

i know this took me quite a while...
but i've finally decided that i should post something!
YAY!!!

well, since my first ever semestral break started, it's been a whirlwind experience of new opportunities! i've done so many things that i've never done before and met so many great people!

so here begins my HOLIDAY UPDATE!!

28 - 31 August

BB27 Awards Camp 2008!!!

31 August - 4 September

Superstar Aquarius Penang-Phuket 5D4N Study Cruise Immersion Trip!!!

this was such a memorable experience for me~! it's only my second time on a cruise since the last time i went with my family when i was still very young!

through this trip, i learnt a lot from the crew member on how the ship is run and even got to see parts of the ship that normal passengers don't get to see! cool huh?

haha. besides having fun on the ship through enjoying the ship's production shows, playing basketball on the deck, or even playing card games in our rooms, i'm glad that i had the opportunity to get to know some other students from my course who also went with us on the trip! i'm glad we captured some good memories together during the cruise...

check out the photos we took <here> and <HERE> too!! haha...

4 September

Keqin & Jun Ning's Birthday Outing!!!

We had so much fun at FISH & Co.!! Happy birthday again, guys!! (:

5 September

Poly Forum Student Leaders' Meeting + Climate Change Talk

6 September

BB27 Normal Parade

8 - 12 September

Pre-Polytechnic Workshop 2008!!!

9 September

BB27 Thailand Trip Meeting #1

13 September

Tung Lok Attachment Briefing for F1!

14 September

Cowboy Job @ Racecourse!

LOL! This was really unforgettable..

With me as 'Woody' and my sister as 'Jessie' from Toy Story 2...

15 September

Help Out with preparations for the Polytechnic Forum 2008!

16 - 19 September

Polytechnic Forum 2008!!!

this was a totally awesome event organised by NYP!!

yeah! click <here> for the memories that were captured!!!

More Team NYP <here> and <here> too!!!

23 September

BB27 Thailand Trip Meeting #2

24 September

A Team GM

26 -28 September

F1 Singapore Grand Prix Night Race Attachment with Tung Lok Group!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS!!!

3 October
NYAA Gold Award Ceremony + Team NYP Outing!!!

6 October
WFDSA Packing Job

7 October
Team Liaison Outing!!!

8 October
A Team Outing!!!

9 October
F1 "Workers Party" Outing!!!

10 October
SICCI Conference Duty


WOAH!! that's a lot of stuff!! just praying that i will be able to cope and make the best out of what's left of my holidays!!! (:

my cruise to somewhere...

i will update something about my 'study cruise' really soon..

just you wait! (:

Cell phone vs. Bible

This is quite cool to think about! :)

Cell phone vs. Bible

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible
like we treat our cell phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to Kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we travelled?

What if we used it in case of emergency?

This is something to make you go, "hmm...where is my Bible?"


Oh, and one more thing.
Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being
disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.

Makes you stop and think 'where are my priorities? And no dropped calls!

'POP'ped out for 41 hours!

have you ever stayed actively awake for 41 hours straight?

i just did from Friday, 25 Jul (730am) to Sunday, 27 Jul (12mn)! WOW!! i tell you, it was a really indescribable experience! i wasn't sure if i was awake or dreaming during that time...

let me now attempt to recall what i had been through in the 41 hours...

Friday, 25 Jul

7am (0 hours awake):

i woke up and went to school for half of the POA lecture before my group left to prepare for our Macroeconomics ICA 2 project presentation! i was really nervous, yet i couldn't wait to show our class the videos that we made! -_-

11am (4 hours awake):

we had our Macroeconomics ICA 2 project presentations! there were 5 groups and we were the 4th group! so it was really nerve-wrecking to see the other groups present and answer the Q & As, but at the same time, it was really entertaining to watch the videos of the other groups and listen to them present! Great job, class!!! (:

Finally, it was our group's turn to present! we started off with our 1st video "Finding US 20million"...


then we presented our proposal as business partners of JAPCC (Japan-Australia Proposal Cosplay Cafe). here is our second video, "Cosplay Cafe Advertisement + Credits"...


after that, we showed our "NG Scenes" that we had during filming...


haha! that was our CRAZY presentation! Our tutor said that our group did a great job with our project! He even mentioned that it was one of the most united group presentations he has seen for this module! YAY! Praise God for granting us favour and helping us through the whole process! It was a good group and we all managed to work fairly well together as a team! Great job, guys!! i had fun working on this project together with you guys!

here are some crazy photos that we took!


check out the other crazy pictures we took HERE!

3pm (8 hours awake):

anyways, after the presentations and photo-taking sessions, i rushed down to PHS for the final POP rehearsal. the attendance wasn't really ideal, but we managed to do a few good run-throughs. when the rehearsal ended, we quickly gathered the supporting contingents to help with the setup and preparations for the hall and the parade square!

6pm (11 hours awake):

after tying up some problems that cropped up, we had a debrief later in the evening to cover everything that is left for the POP the next day. then we prayed and committed everything to God...

8pm (13 hours awake):

i had a delicious packet of chicken rice for dinner with bryan, jiang wei, jonathan & joshua at school... it was really satisfying...

10pm (15 hours awake):

after dinner, joshua & i followed jiang wei home to pack his bag for the next day's events...

11pm (16 hours awake):

then we went off to AMK mrt where we sent joshua off before i brought jiang wei home to stay over. we had to stay up to prepare the video slideshows and powerpoint presentations for the UG tributes as the committee didn't manage to do it...

Saturday, 26 Jul

4.30am (21.5 hours awake):

in the end, we finished work at 4.30am. we had to be in school by 6am. so we decided not to sleep anymore. instead, we had breakfast (bread & milk) and got ready to go out. i took a quick cold shower to refresh myself before we left.

5.30am (22.5 hours awake):

we started walking towards Bishan mrt... we were really 'high' on our way there. we started singing songs and laughing (okay, i know that sounds crazy.. but we just couldn't help it!) but when we got there, we realised that the train service towards jurong east hadn't started yet! so we decided to cab down instead...

6am (23 hours awake):

once at phs, we took some time to settle ourselves down.. then we got things and people moving to prepare the parade square and the hall for the POP. at the very last minute, we all scrambled to arrange all the table and benches in the hall before getting ready to start at the parade square...

8am (25 hours awake):

after ensuring that everyone was ready in their positions, we started off the parade. overall, the parade went rather smoothly and the tossing-of-berets was great!

9am (26 hours awake):

after some photo-taking in the parade square, we finally got everyone settled down in the hall... i had to use my laptop in the end as the powerpoints were not compatible with the school's PA computer.. then, we started with each individual UG tribute... some brought laughter, while others brought tears... overall, it made the whole POP this year a bit more special...

i would say that all the effort that was put into this POP was worth it when i saw the UG cadets really showing appreciation to their seniors!

10.30am (27.5 hours awake):

after the buffet lunch (that i never got to eat..) and the distribution of the POP T-shirt, and the final clearing-up of the hall, parade square and the canteen... the POP committee and i had a final debrief! we congratulated each other for the success of the event, and encouraged each other to do even better in the future! finally, we turned to God to thank Him for the sweet success that he allowed us to taste! Amen!

12.30pm (29.5 hours awake):

when we were done 'dilly-dallying', a few of the primers decided to go to dhoby ghaut for lunch and 'shopping'.. so we made our way there.. by then, jiangwei and i were already feeling 'dreamy'.. but we were hungry, so we persevered.. lol.

1.30pm (30.5 hours awake):

we had a good meal at Long John Silver, Plaza Singapura.. then, we visited Sheron who was working at Gelare... after that, we walked about for just awhile...

2.30pm (31.5 hours awake):

jiang wei & i left to go for the Founders' Award Presentation Ceremony (FAPC)... it was held at the Singapore Swimming Club (SSC)... on the train towards serangoon, we both we almost dozing off, but i encouraged us both to perk up because we had chosen to commit for the duty.. so we should give our 100%!

4pm (33 hours awake):

we finally made it to the SSC in our (POP T-shirts and slippers) after taking bus 158 frm serangoon...there, we met the other primers and officers on duty and we briefed before we got changed back into our full uniform (again.) i was assigned to do the carpark duty, so we were given walkie-talkies to communicate among ourselves... that was really cool!

6pm (35 hours awake):

overall, i had a great time of fun & fellowship with the primers from the other companies and enjoyed the 9-course dinner (although i didn't get to try everything because we had to do our duty..) but it was a really good experience doing the ushering and also witnessing the 5 Founder's Men from BB27! i loved taking photos with them...

10.30pm (39.5 hours awake):

our final duty was over! the journey back was really tough. by then, jiang wei and i were really, really exhausted. i was feeling really lost in a world that i wanted to go home immediately! i couldn't even tell what was real or not..

11.30pm (40.5 hours awake):

i finally got home! i took a really well-deserved warm shower...

Sunday, 27 Jul

12am (41 hours awake):

i went to sleep.

i really thank God that he helped me to get home safely. it is a memorable experience that i will remember...

I'm IN!!

I'm IN!!

yeah!! i just received an email have been selected for the F1 GP Work Experience/Student Attachment Programme with Tung Lok Group!!!!

The attachment period will be from Fri 26 Sep to Sun 28 Sep 2008 inclusive.

and.. guess where i've been assigned to?

The Esplanade Grandstand!!

yay!! i'm so happy now.. so i have also posted this interesting random article below!!

enjoy!! (:

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Can u read this ?

Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! (:

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ICA updates...

WOW. SO MANY THINGS HAVE PASSED...

but i haven't had the time to blog abt any of it until now.
so i guess i shall update about my recent ICA results?

POA - 49/50
Macroeconomics - 38/40
Statistics - 13/15
Marketing - 26/50 :(
Effective Writing Skills (BizCom) - 33/40? (can't rmb. lol.)
Business Software Application - 75/100

oh well.. i thank God for helping me to do quite well for this ICA..
i'm praying that God will continue to give me the perserverance to study hard to achieve the best results i can!