Years of my Youth.
A walk with God (:Archive for July, 2008
1st formal IB results
Never in my entire academic life did i get such lousy results all at once.
Oh my, the blow was so bad that the aftermath amounted to physical ailment.
Running nose, sore throat and all that. ><
There are many factors that account for this phenomenon, but ultimately everything points back to personal factors.. Did quite a fair bit of constructive reflection over the past few days, but not without the encouragement of caring and enlightened people (especially Kenneth, Daniel, Emil, John, Tim, mum and grandpa). Thank God for these people!
There are many things in need to be changed: mentality, priority, schedule (need to construct one NOW) and method of studying. Time wasters must be eliminated (vaporize from MSN apart from important and urgent stuff, log in to Facebook at most once a week, no surfing of the internet apart from IB related stuff before work is done, and stop letting the mind wonder off/ being carried away by emotions), perfectionistic streak must be purged for urgent but not important things (link back to priority), efficiency is of paramount importance for assignments, stop procrastination at all cost, and yes, SLEEP MORE!
i do give thanks for setbacks as such though. (:
It’s a perfect time to see who my real friends are & how awesome they are, it keeps me humble, it’s a “test of faith”, and a time to exercise the resilient fighter spirit within. Most importantly, it is a platform for God to perform His inspiring miracle. 
77 days to End of Years Examination, Zhuo’er.
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Random stuff that happened during the week
Clock Tower exploration with Lisa and Eugenia was a thrilling experience!!
Cracking doors, never ending stairs, gloomy corners, spider webs, “ancient” scripts… it was fresh out of detective novels i tell you!!!
There’s no surveillance camera i realized, which means people can do practically anything and everything there! o.O
Li Ting, an adorable girl from MCYC gave me a hamster for free because she’s not allowed to keep it (was about to throw it away when i met her at the playground..). It’s illegal to rear pets in Boarding, so i gave it to Mark whose sister keeps hamsters, and we named it Spring<3! (x
A weekend to remember
It dawned on me that the period after exams and before the release of results is more of a holiday than the official ones. (x
Monday to Thursday
Can’t remember much, apart from the day where we could wear whatever we wanted, watched soccer and ate the sponsored ice-cream. That i disappeared from the face of the Astroturf area during the matches, stayed on the Balcony, before praying with Pet on the staircase to the Primers Room. May God bless her family through this time.
Oh, and yea, i studied Econs while John and Audrey were mugging for their Business papers. Level 5 benches till 7 plus.
Friday
* Got a rude shock during white space upon the reception of my poor Chinese A2 results.
Got somewhat disillusioned because i studied harder for this exam than all other tests that i’ve done well for.
* Had an unofficial Pitstop with John and Malcolm in one of the Library Reading Rooms.
Isaiah 58
What i saw and heard is truly worth to be treasured dearly in my heart and mind, and effectuated.
* Moved to admin room in the hope to do my TOK essay.
Hahas, the Band people were there, including my hyper Y2 juniors who were learning to wear turban from Utube.
* Jayne dear was down): Karlo and i accompanied her to Holland V for some comfort food and wow, met more than 5 ACSians within less than 10mins, including Charles who insisted on treating us Cheese cake, chocolate cake and 2 drinks from Coffee Bean. ~(:
Apparently, Charles was interacting with 2 of the admin-to-bes, before going to church for some ministry stuff, then to PassionAC. The amazing thing is that he has the knack to bring the big wide world into our little worlds through captivating stories etc. For instance, he shared with us his backpacking experiences, introduced to us the ladder theory, told me how he reads etc etc.
(: We all had a good time.
My juniors are like how cool! Chose to cycle from school to Holland V and back. xD
* PassionAC!!!!!!!
Oh my, it was truly a night of spiritual passion, where God came and ministered to our hearts and minds! It was also my first time in ACJC, and i like her very much. After all we’re all a part of the AC family, so i felt at home in there too. <3
The message through Pst. Hanson Lim was of the Holy Spirit, powerful and edifying. We need more Pastors like him! Those who preach the undiluted truth boldly without frills, yet not without a sense of non-sarcastic humour. (:
During the altar call, i was pleading with God not to touch and pass us by, but to reside in the highest place in our hearts lastingly and eternally (i so fear that like what it usually is, that many will fall back to normal mode of life over time). Once again God assured me that He’s faithful and the ignited moment was sealed by the promise of the Holy Spirit, but people need to be faithful and diligent in crucifying the flesh, carrying the Cross, and drawing nearer to Him on a daily basis too.
A CFer named Andrea came and prayed strong for me with the Gift of Knowledge and prophesy. Later on when i told her how precise and potent it was, she was greatly encouraged.
Mutual encouragement wow!
Amazing people!
Saturday
* Mr Khoo briefed the entire company on BB Cares for MCYC Zoo visit and said that my “usual gang” and i will play a significant role in it. Tim Liang, who was sitting next to me, asked in his usual dreaming state since when did i become a gang leader.
* Mr Tan and i replaced Russ and Leb (went for Bagpipe competition) for Y2 Bible study. Tim Liang tagged himself along too, hahas.
There’s much to pray for and work on.
* Disappeared after lunch for about an hour.
* MCYC visit was a Boom! 8 of us went. The message shared echoed what we had during PassionAC, there was a Birthday celebration, got multi-owned by little and not-so-little pros at the table soccer stations and played intellectual games. Jeremy Kong is the bomb at word games! Created a lot of jokes and even new words such as “emolize” (by a guy there, while we were on our way to the MRT station). (x Kim is my home going buddy from MCYC! <3
Sunday
* Service was awesome. Pastor preached on the definition of Spirituality, which is yet again, directly linked to the PassionAC sermon.
1 Cor 2:12-16
Here the judgement does not mean the critical & cynical one which makes one put off by what he sees, it’s the kind that seeks to discern, understand and assimilate.
A spiritual person is hard to fathom by carnal means.
Spirituality, contrary to superstitious beliefs, is not something mystical/ spooky, but is having the mind of Christ! The mind of Christ has to do with character leading to Christ-likeness.
All the things God has brought me through over the weekend have amounted to an amplified resolving power (The smallest distance apart that two objects can be, and still be seen as two distinct objects) of my perspective. Indeed the essence of profound insight it simplicity. At least i now know what to pray and watch out for specifically.
* Finally finally went swimming!! xD
The rhythmic sound and movement of the embracing water are very conducive for prayerful contemplation between laps of buoyant physical assertion. Got rather impatient for certain personal things, so i confided in God and asked for His direction. The answer is simply “wait”.
Oh well…
Ahh, time to work on TOK, IOP, IAs and EE!!!
