not your average NUS freshie life

i’ve been learning many things lately from school itself, from talking to lots of gr8 friends, and from reading books…

update on school then!
it’s an everyday affair (meaning i have no short weeks) but with amazzzing classmates who never fail to bring more than a little sunshine to lectures. like our colour coded week ! (: we all came in different shades of green today prof ang thought we were campaigning for some sort of go green thingy.

and i’m glad to have a community in NUS too… seeing people like kim, liting, zhiwei, limin and jerel around school .. and having random lunches with’em ! a godly community is awesome, i’m really thankful i have these friends to depend on. like my ahlian sista is there with me to laugh at the lecturer during cl2280 lectures, and kim is there to help me print notes when i get absolutely bimbotic over the computers at thinklab (eh, a new switch? someone is NOT bimbo at it, surprise surprise). today liting asked me what i was doing after lecture, and i when i told her “shepherding my sheep” she proceeded to ask me how’s it and stuff. simple things like that made me realise… i’m so privileged to have people around me working hard, being concerned for the same things too! plus they are sooo understanding towards my struggles. a godly community rocks! (:  so friends if you have a caregroup in your school, treasure it, it’s precious…

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currently reading Drawing Near by John Bevere. God’s been speaking to me LOADS from it it’s mindblowing. i have a whole stack of other books to read, from my tecman and brisbane shopping. but not gonna slacken off in my readings just cos school has started! aja aja fighting!

doing life w/ God and His amazing people

doing God’s work without God is pointless.

my life is a gift from God. a gift of partnership and His presence. doing life without God is like snatching this precious gift away from the Giver and putting it into my own hands – my small, limited, hands – and telling the Giver: c’mon, i’m quite capable, i can do it all on my own.

how? when so many things are beyond our control.

well… too many of us fall into that trap at least once. because people are forgetful… agree?

keep reminding me, then.

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youth CL retreat was a blast. really enjoyed hanging with the other unit CLs… people who definitely work hard and play hard, people whose lives have inspired me alot. so privileged to be serving tog with this entire team!! different as we are, yet in one heartbeat, in one vision, we’re moving forward tog … i am certain i want to play my part well as part of this team, and i am assured that what i’m doing is DEFINITELY worth it (especially after PJ’s address haha). like i always said, such great privilege to be able to impact not just people’s lives, but people’s eternity! i want to do my part well! hold me accountable …

season of training

discipline, focus, diligence, priority, persistence, consistency, strength, perseverance… out of the many, many.

this serves as a personal reminder for new sem.

 

anyway,
did i say, thank God for a nice timetable!! God knows what kind of timetable i need … so despite having to go school everyday, even for a measly 2 hour lecture on wednesday, i am thankful.

PLUS,
today i was looking through the class list for my CH mod. (yah who so stupid right go and take CH mod blablabla) and then i saw this : YU LITING. sounds familiar… so i excitedly sms-ed liting to confirm. and that lian of a sista confirmed she’s gotten that mod too…… FINALLY RIGHT!!! i think we’re both super happy to find each other, we’ve even named ourselves TRANSLATION QUEENS (think working for dvd companies next time and doing translation LOL) and we even have plans to SOW on the prcs together…. spiritual not btw liting if you see this, i took it seriously K? hahaha

see, i’m so excited. NUS, please be kind to me.

 

btw, i went for 0.5 out of 4 days of orientation. yay me, right o.O