gone.
will i be back?
i don't know.
maybe i've started elsewhere.
maybe never. again.
sábado, enero 21, 2006
[ 1077. Rummaging Through the Mind ]
Pastor lawrence preached today. The only thing that remain stuck in my mind was the part about seeing the good in others; always giving thanks for the people around me. Instead of whining and complaining about their faults (well, others do that to me as well) why not give thanks for them. For what they have done for me, in my life. Many people flashed through my mind actually. Including people like rsm, like ltc koh, like eric, like huiyin, like mrs wong. Well. Time to give thanks to these people. And not forgetting people who are around me right now.
Went food republic at wisma for dinner today, upon the insistence of joseph. Thankfully it was better than what myself and aaron expected, cuz we were half expecting it to be just another food court with hard-to-get seats. Well, first look at the food court gave us a pretty impressive image, and hence we forgot about the complaints of having to walk so far. The food was so-so. Aaron and myself got the niu rou dao xiao mian, i.e. beef noodles, where the noodles is not machine-cut (like ban mian and the sorts) but cut manually by means of a knife. If you ask me, they taste the same. No big difference. Baah. The beef was good though. The fried oyster was good too. Aiyah, i think a little sin every now and then is ok lo. As long as i don't over indulge. But in retrospect, i think i've pampered myself more than enough this week. Urgh.
Made a few plans for the coming weeks. First i need to get my schedule in order, i'm just living day to day. It's not good. I have a few things that i've kiv-ed for so long. Urgh. Will be doing house visitation with usm3 on the third day of chinese new year. Hoping that this will be an opportunity for the guys to get together, as well as hopefully getting to know their families as well. It has provened to be a good step for many young believers actually, especially those with family objections. Will be playing badminton with sharon and company for the last time on the fifth day of cny. That one also kiv la....
Bo and myself met limin and edwin (i think) on our way back, and limin was just sharing a lil of her experience in cs. Not the first time i'm hearing things about cs, but one thing she said reaffirmed my fears: i have to be strong and confident in my values and beliefs. She was telling me that i'll encounter lots of controversial issues and discussions, and that i should not take materials that i read and receive as the gospel truth. Instead i should do a balanced research, bearing in mind that ultimately the bible is the absolute truth above all. It scares me somehow actually. Ok, maybe scare is too strong a word, but probably just fearful. Fearing that i may not hold on tightly to my bible when i get into uni. Fearing that i may be distracted. So I'm just praying that God will hold me tight as i enter this four years in cs.
Came back and did a little reading up on mom's materials for her senior teacher portfolio. Stumbled across her students' reflections on the bicultural exchange program her school had with a shanghainese school last year. Apparently her girls ran into some issues with the chinese girls. And they were reflecting how 'ugly' these girls from china got: their excessive spending habits in singapore, absolute disregard for singapore culture and adults, and their lack of interest in lessons in school. Thankfully it didn't happen to the boys. However, the response from the chinese hosts while our singaporean students were there was excellent. It somehow made me proud of these xinmin students, that even though we singaporeans may be too proud in 'bragging' that little achievements of ours, but we still have the basic respect interpersonally. As such, we singaporeans aren't always the ugliest people around. Well done, students.
Aye aye... enough of those five cents worth of blogging. I'm off to sleep. Sending tom off tomorrow.
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