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 …

Your Curtain Call

and it comes to an end. after the past tiring but very fruitful and awesome 3 months. like what jiali says, partly relieved, partly missing the dancers already!

yes, will leave more of the appreciation for retreat night

even as we prepared, slogged, danced, many a times God reminded me to not lose myself in all the work and forget who i am in Him (: i am a child of God! dancing for Him, with Him, to Him alone.

dYour faithfulness never fails

today has been an ultra long day. at clm shirls said she hoped it wasnt the 4th meeting for anyone in the day.. but it was for me T.T (and went on for my 5th one after that) but i was still very refreshed by the meeting, and although i’m really tired, i really love my saturdays…… started the day with the dancers (great job jiali!) and ended the day with a bunch of people i really love. and a shoutout to my dearest cl caregroup, i really really really enjoy spending time with you guys, whether is it discussing about serious issues, or just laughing at some people (we know who..) because i know all of us live for one purpose, one God ! it’s really a privilege to serve with you guys, and to do life with ya’ll. thank You Lord for blessing me with such awesome people who will never judge me, who accept me for who i am, and who will be there to halve my sorrows and double my joy – jasmine, apinun, dabian, nicole, kim, louis hor, james (kangli and cat, you girls too!!)

i think as people living in this hectic climate, so many many things need our attention (quote christine hehe) at every point in time. having a little catch up with my friend jason ang ming qis and i think it’s really important to time and time again, remind ourselves of God’s faithfulness and goodness in our lives. God has been so good to us, behind the scenes, that sometimes we totally take Him for granted. everytime i look back at how God so lovingly, patiently picked up the pieces and erases all my mistakes and brings me up on my feet to try again, expressing His belief in me through people around me, it renders me speechless with thanksgiving. and i need to keep myself reminded of this time and time again, because i will forget when other things demand my attention.

i realised i’ve been grumbling (secretly) about my results because of the reality of Bs and not As. haha. well basically i got A for econs (and this is the biggest shock of my life – i have NEVER passed econs ever in my whole entire 2 years in vj) and B for everything else. and come to think of it, i’ve been allowing myself to grumble but not thank God. i looked at the piece of note i jotted during j2s meeting last year after prelims, and i wrote “God, i expect my grades to be AAB – BBB for best case scenario. if i get it, i know it’s You”. why? cos since the beginning of J2 i have been straight E-ing all my subjects. sometimes S even. and God is faithful. He answered my prayer, gave me right in between the grades i asked for – ABB. i don’t think i deserve these grades, but God obviously thinks otherwise and yes God, i thank You i thank You i thank You for Your everlasting faithfulness.

karen taught me something very important: to find joy in the little things in life. i think God has placed many beautiful things in my life that i fail to recognise. but next week, i wanna make it a point to rejoice in God everyday, to wake up and go to bed with a spirit of thanksgiving, because it is a choice to remind myself. no one can do that for me (:

onwards and ahead we go!! next week is a very important week. ESS, J2s having common tests (joel, cheng, celeste, althea, praying for you all!!) and i pray, it will be a fulfilling and fruitful week.

wanna live at life at the edge. whoohoo! let’s go!

excited

today we had rehearsal at nexus… and i went into the toilet outside america room and nearer to the lift, and there in the toilet bowl in 2 side-by-side cubicles were 2 pieces of poop respectively, in the same length, same position, same colour…. now talk about boys toilet being gross. i was pretty grossed out by the sight (and smell) and moved on to the other cubicles until i heard miss kangli walk into the toilet, and made a few sounds to express her disgust and commented “oh ew, THAT PERSON DIDN’T USE TOILET PAPER!!!”

well my friend takes note of the littlest of things at time. actually not exactly. toilet paper when you’re pooping is very important (and dear yinling would furiously agree to that…. HAHA)

oh by the way,

After the encore, are you still “me”?
and like what this month’s ybulletin mentioned, we’ll be exploring the issues concerning identity and self.

yours truly is dancing. and you’ll get to see breakdancing, lyrical hiphop, pop jazz and girls hiphop. come come come! promise it’ll be a very fulfilling saturday for you

so excited!

and to sum up the night,

YJCEA4!!

I’ll be seeing this bunch of people tomorrow. we’re all different (and hugely different, might i add), but i believe God has a reason for bringing us together! and yes the J3s may have moved on already…. but God will bring us from glory to glory! GO JCEA4!! i love you guys!! hehe

‘The glory of the present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,” says the Lord Almighty. “And in this place I will grant peace,” declares the Lord Almighty.
Haggai 2:9

wohooo! i’m physically worn out, but life is still great in Jesus