Back from Japan

My holiday was great!! wahaha... I feel so blessed because everything that is planned for us went very smoothly. And it felt really good to be able to experience snowing, snow and volcanoes. Though I was quite unhappy about the trip before I went, I guess the trip changed my mind though I wished we could have spend a few more days there. Company was great and the things we do were interesting. Wahaha... Anyway, photos of the trip are up on facebook. I will post some when I am free.

After my short trip to Japan, there are many things for me to look forward to and I guess I have very very little time for myself during this holidays.

17/12 - meet cousins
18/12 -meet dai kor then choir practice
19/12 - caroling in the afternoon
20/12 - caroling
21/12 - caroling
22/12 - caroling
23/12 - caroling (release of results!!)
24/12 - caroling
25/12 - mum's birthday
27/12 - cousin's wedding
28/12 - serving for pm service
30/12 - meet andre/watchnight service rehearsal at night (Bidding for modules begin)
31/12 - watchnight service

Woohoo! so happening. And that does not include other meetings and gatherings with other friends and families. So I am seriously having trouble to fit meetings in. Also, I am still clueless about the fifth module which I should take and bidding is like 2 weeks away. So so so busy!! I pray that I wll have time to breathe through this busy holidays and at the same time, enjoy myself because I'm very optimistic about the schedule. Wahaha.... Oh well, whatever that comes, let it come =)

Emmanuel

Together in this
Place of Worship
Your greatness we proclaim

We stand as one in
Giving You
All glory and acclaim

To You our hearts are open
To Your our hands we raise
Come take the place
Of honor in
Our lives

Emmanuel
Our God is with us
Prince of peace
Mighty One
The everliving God

See the praises
Of our Saviour
Rise to open skies

With the dawning
Of redemption
Your glory will arise

For You alone are worthy
Here in Zion You are praised
Our Lord and King
Forever You
Will reign

Emmanuel
Our God is with us
Prince of peace
Mighty One
The everliving God

Amazed

And so today marks the end of day 2 of my exams. 3 more papers and I'll be free! But I'm especially relaxed today because I've finally completed the module which I love and yet hate to study - Geography. So yippee doo deh for me! Next hurdle will be inorganic chemistry and I guess I can start my intensive maths cramming programme on Friday.

I'm truly amazed by God's blessings for me. I'm extremely touched and feel so looked after in times of need. Yep, if you do not know, geography has been quite a chore for me to study because I don't have any geography background (unless you count lower secondary knowledge which has mysteriously vanished from my mind since a million years ago). Physical geography was the one that I am very worried about because I don't understand anything about it! Even when I was going through the stuff last week, I was totally clueless as to what is going on. But thank God Daren lent me his geography textbook which explained quite a few things. What amazed me the most was how I was able to answer the exam question today even though I intend to skip that very topic during revision. In fact, I think that very question was the one that I'm most confident in answering compared to the other 3 questions. I'm like very very surprised. What amazed me even more was how I was able to write essay outlines for quite a few past year questions yesterday (which I couldn't last week even though I've finished studying what was required). Yep... how amazing is that! haaa... Praise God!!! and of course, Thank you Daren for teaching me geography and lending me your textbook which you can now take back from me. =))

Alright, so its back to studying and looking forward to end of exams on monday.. woohoo!

Praise God!

Yup, Praise God for his miraculous healing! My sore throat yesterday was really bad as i decided to sing (quite high some more) during choir practice yesterday which caused me to end the day with quite a painful throat. However, the pain was gradually lifted during my lab session today and is painless even now! (even after 3 huge yummilicious subway cookies... got chocolate chip and peanut butter some more!) Praise God eh!!! Hallelujah! =)

I've been extremely busy since school started (as mentioned/complained many many times) and yea, school has never been better. Though the past week or so has been quite eventful due to my foolishness, I guess I will have to start coming to terms with it and have faith in God. I've done my best, tried my best, I don't know what else I can do anymore... yup... But I guess I will keep praying and let God guide me through this. It is quite interesting to see how the devil tries to put you down at such important times (3 weeks to exams!!) and also, try to make me give serving God a miss for quite a few times. But I guess I must exercise faith. Everything happens for a reason and every situation God puts me through is a lesson for me to learn and eventually,grow. That, I know. I just got to start having the strength to pull through every difficult situation that I face, and start praising God for all the wonderful things in th world. Yup... I'll not let anything and anyone put me down anymore because it is pointless feeling that way. God has blessed me with such unexplainable peace through this period of time that I find it so amazing. It's very amazing, knowing that in the past, I would have just freaked out and break down. But now, I guess I'm stronger, through God's grace. So, whatever God's will may be, let it be so! All I ask is the strength and perseverance, to move on, pull through and not give up. I've done all the reflection that I can (I think...) and repented/lamented about my actions. There's just one thing for me to do now... to be patient and wait... Praise God for all his wonderful teachings =)

On a sidenote, I'm no longer going to USA at the end of ths year.. bummer... But, I'll be going t Hokkaido instead! Though not as exciting, but still, better than nothing. I guess it's God's way of answering my prayer of allowing me to attend all carolling sessions with the choir =) Yup! Next year, I'll be going to Hangzhou for a competition! Quite excited about the trip. Though I'm not a huge fan of China... Maybe this trip will change my GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGINATION of the country... haha... Oh wells... Back to studying for me =)

Geography and Recess week!

Yesterday's field trip to the Singapore River was definitely very informative, interesting and enlightening. Everything seems so amazing after that small trip. It's like I've been to Singapore river many times and yet I didn't know much about it till yesterday. Many things which we don't normally take note of were pointed out yesterday and I just feel very enlightened after that. A cosmopolitan city like Singapore actually do have asian values tied to many things which we don't actually take notice of. So cool! After our field trip, Alex, Ouyang and I decided to extend our trip by going to China town to do some field work. At the same time, we went to search for the restaurant which our lecturer recommended us for our project. It was a very fun experience, walking around and exploring the place. We definitely learn to appreciate Singapore even more as we chanced upon many areas which we have never seen in our lives. Very interesting day it had been indeed. I will post up photos tomorrow since it's so late now and I am very tired from all the numbers in my lab report (3 hours to fill up a table and plot 2 graphs... how disgusting) and editing my project essay.

Tomorrow will be the start of recess week which means I have to start mugging from day to night because term tests are immediately after it. I seriously need to start planning a study timetable because I am once again packed from monday to sunday with many activities which will take up my study time. Woohoo........ May God bless me! haa... Alright, time to sleep...

PS: I'm beginning to love Geography more and more... woohoo!

Of School and Exhaustion

Yes... I've said it before and I'll say it again... I'm exhausted. I've reached this level where I can really be physically present in lectures/tutorials but not mentally. This is very very bad. What's worse is that I have no time to clear my sleep debt. So the lost sleep hours have been accumulating. This period of my life seriously tests my faith and passion to want to serve God. Now that I'm being put up to serve for Miracle Service every saturday, school work seems to be piling and i don't seem to have the time to clear them. There are concepts which I seriously need to clear, lab reports which I have to finish, tutorials which I need to complete, tests that I have to study for, pre-lab videos to watch, geography readings to clear (which have been accumulating), 2 geography projects which I need to do research and start interviewing people about, prepare materials for my tuition class, memorise songs for choir performances coming up in october and november and finally, memorise lyrics for Miracle service songs. And how many days do I have to do all these things? Effectively, I have 2 and a half days per week. How cool... I'm quite burnt out actually. But looking at all these, I guess it all goes back to having faith in God. No matter what, I still believe that if I make time for God, God will make time for me. This is seriously very very true. Take for example my statistics test that is coming this wednesday. I was so worried that I didn't have time to study for it. But God has blessed me with mysteriously good memory yesterday. So much so that whatever I've studied yesterday/learnt in previous lectures, I can actually remember. How cool is that? haa... But still, I think it's time for me to work out a way to clear all the outstanding stuff. This cannot do. I'm thinking of giving up my tuition. That I will, very soon... Jun Jie has been reminding me about how much I've been complaining about me having no time to do stuff but not doing anything about giving non-important stuff a miss... Sigh... Oh well... I don't want to quit choir because that's my only source of stress relief... Faith I shall have, Faith I will exercise!

On the bright side, school has been great nonetheless! Surprisingly, I'm very much closer to my secondary school friends in uni. Jun Jie, Alex, etc. We've never met up/talked to each other for 2 years and now... We are so much closer. How great is that! Praise God!!

Also, I'm going for a holiday in december!! I'll be going to USA with my family on 11 December. That is surely one thing I'm looking forward too! But the downside is I have to give quite a number of caroling sessions a miss. I want to carol!!! Sigh... Have to see how things go. Oh well... it's back to studying mode for me now =)

O Magnum Mysterium

O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen is so so so beautiful!!! The flow of the music and the chords just makes you feel peaceful and calm. It feels great singing it!! =)

School Rocks!!

I'm exhausted. School has been great! Though the difficulty of whatever I'm learning has increased, and it can be quite discouraging when 1 hour is spent on 1 chemistry or maths question, the experience so far has been great! =) I managed to pass the audition and got into NUS Choir =) Praise God for that because I thought I did quite badly for the audition. Since I have choir practices to add to my schedule, I will definitely be more busy from now on...

Mondays and Thursdays will end at 9.30pm for me as I have choir practice. Tuesdays will end at 9pm because of tuition. Wednesdays are my early days as I end at 10am!! But the time after 10am will be used to make up for lost time on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Hence, wednesday is christened "Complete tutorials and study" Day. I will end at 4pm on Fridays. By the time I reach home, It will be about 5 plus which means, rest then study. Saturdays and Sundays are taken up as I have Praislight practices and Sunday will be church/family day.

Cool huh? This is the very first time in my life where I'm packed 7 days a week. Haha... I'm still trying to pull through as I'm seriously very exhausted. But praise God for blessing me with the little spurts of energy here and there to keep me awake and mentally sound through the day. I just pray that I will have the mental strength and energy to pull through each week. If I make time for God, God will make time for me! If I feel drained and stressed, I seek comfort in the Lord as He never fails to help me, comfort me, and guide me through! Hallelujah!

Looking forward to Choir Day this saturday.. Will have to rush down to NUS after choir practice at Church.... woohoo!

Geography

I loovvvee my geography lectures!! Not just the interesting content, but the way the lecturer delivers his lectures rocks!!! wahaha...so enjoying my lectures now! =))

Exhausted

I'm very very tired and exhausted now. But in a good way =) First week of school has been fabulous. My lecturers are very very zai and my lectures have been interesting so far. Though I'm still trying to catch what my inorganic chem lecturer is trying to say. Needs some deciphering to be done. But I think I will get used to this accent soon. I feel so blessed!! Through the week, there were times when the z monster threaten to creep into my mind but I managed to stay awake through lecture. Even better still, I managed to absorb what is taught in lecture! Woohoo! Thank God for that! The things I'm learning now are very very interesting! Though modern chem is abit physics, I am really thankful that I chose Physics in Life Science for special term. Because the more difficult physics concepts were already taught in that module. So I don't have much difficulty in understanding the physics stuff in modern chem. woohoo! Praise God for that eh! =) Maths lectures feel like JC maths lectures, Stats is fun to do, and geog is very very interesting! haha... Okay, maybe it's still the beginning and the tough part might come very very soon... But I think I will make it through with God's guidance. wahaha...

Anyway, the aftermath of all this awakeness in school is terrible. Whenever I reached home on my early days, I will just fall into deep sleep after lying dow on my sofa. I'm very very tired. haha... I'm beginning to feel this piao piao ran feeling which is not good! I hope I'll be able to have a good rest tomorrow morning before choir pract at church. I still have readings for Geog to do and I haven't finish reading the book required for ministry class! I'm so dead... haha... Well, I guess I'm off to rest now... Exhausted... Seriously..

By the way, lunch and movie with my army frens was great!! Very happy to be able to see Jon, Felicia, Chan and my dear dear understudy again! =))

This is our God

I'm actually very moved by Hillsong's new album, "This is our God". The songs actually give me a very very different feel. The feeling is indescribable and it just reminds me how great God is. Though I the lyrics didn't really register, the melody itself sort of exude this nice peaceful aura that makes me feel very happy and ready to praise and worship God with all my might! I guess this is the best album ever! I was, and still am, very touched by the song, "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus".


Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of Earth will grow strangely dim
In th light of His glory and grace


It reminds us about what we should focus on. That all things on Earth are temporal and that life's like a mist. All we need is Jesus, for with Him, we have eternal life! There are greater thing which we should focus on eh! =)

Alright, for now, I'm quite stressed over my modules. I've secured 4 of the modules that i wanted but now, I need to bid for my elective module. So far, i've been outbidded for 2 modules!! So I hope I am able to get this one, Introduction to Psychology. Praying that God will bless me and guide me through this eh! =)

Perth Update

Hello everyone!! Yes, I'm back from Perth for like 4 days now and I was actually quite lazy to blog about my trip though i totally enjoyed myself throughout the 5 days there. The company was great, food was wonderful!! Praise and thank God for the wonderful experience! I really miss that place a lot and while I was on the plane back to Singapore, I actually felt very sad. haha... But yep, it's truly fun! The weather there wasn't too cold in the morning even though it's winter. But the nights are definitely colder... I so miss the coldness there because one step out of Changi Airport caused me to sweat, sweat and sweat. Actually, I felt the warm even before I step out of the Airport. Haiz... Anyway, day by day events are as follow:



Last wednesday morning, when I went to the airport, I found out that my flight was delayed by 40mins... So it was quite a long wait since I reached early. I actually didn't felt afraid or scared compared to the first time I went last year. I was more afraid of my diarrhoea coming back or my other condition that i opposite of diarrhoea. The only fear I got was when the plane took off and there was turbulence for quite some time. Other than that, all was fine. Thank God for allaying my fears and blessing me with peace throughout the flight. When I reached Perth, it was already raining outside and it wasn't that cold. Andre and I went back to his place because it was almost 4pm when we leave the airport and most shops would have closed by then. The first night was more of a supernatural thing because we watched quite a few episodes of Supernatural. Dinner was home cooked by Alex and Teresa!! It wasn't bad at all! Nice warm meal in the cold. Wahaha... I took pictures of ah seng and mrs roo, the things that I'd missed so much...

Sleeping in the night required some getting use to as the room was super duper dark when the lights are off and the silence was piercing. It was super duper quiet. Imagine the amount of light and noise pollution we experience here in Singapore. diao diao...

Day 2 was fabulous! The weather was great! Though it threatened to rain in the morning, it didn't in the end as the clouds in the sky cleared as the day passes. Praise God! Breakfast was fabulous. We went to my favourite pancake restaurant in the city for the all-day breakfast that I so missed!

After brunch (we reached city at around 11am to 12pm?), we did some souvenir shopping in the city. I wanted to buy some clothes so we went to Harbout Town shopping centre to get some cheap clothes. As the weather was extremely cooling and good, we walked there instead of train-ing there. (transport was quite expensive as they increased the price recently...)

After getting what we want, we walked through Northbridge (the chinatown of Perth) in search of the humungous packets of nougats. It was a long long search and I finally found what I wanted in a vietnamese provision store. We went to an asian supermarket to have a look too. And they actually sell lots of asian stuff like condiments, instant noodles, tidbits etc. Very cool!

As we were walking throughout Northbridge in search of the packets of nougats, we decided to stop by a restaurant called Icey Ice. They sell ice deserts that are very famous in taiwan. The ice shavings are so fine that it tasted almost like ice cream! Andre and I shared one mango ice which tasted great!

Then, we made our way to Carousel, a huge shopping centre in the suburbs. I did my grocery shopping there (buying of chocolates, biscuits and stuff... wahaha). And there you go, I completed most of my shopping in one day. Wahaha... Dinner was wonderful! We had take away from this japanese restaurant called Kanta which is very near Alex's place. It is a very small restaurant with 1 chef, 1 assistant chef and 2 girls helping out at the counter. All the cooking is done by the chef and everyone who work there is Japanese and they communicate with each other through Japanese. It was interesting to see the way they work. I had Terriyaki Fish which tasted so nice!

Day 3 sees us going to Perth City again for brunch. This time, we had japanese food at Samurai. The food there is cheap and not too bad. I had a chicken katsu don while andre had something which I can't remember. Haha...

I did some shopping at Woolsworth (a supermarket) before brunch because there were a few things which I forgot to get the day before. Wahaha... So after brunch, we made our way to Hillarys to visit AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia). It was quite a long bus ride there after a train ride. The weather was not very good too as the sky was cloudy and it began to rain. But when we got off the bus, it stopped raining. In fact, whenever we were not under any shelter, the rain stopped. How great can God's blessing get? Woot! Initially, we couldn't find AQWA because we didn't know where it is. So we walked and walked and we found a huge building which looks like an aquarium...

It turned out that the building was actually the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre. So we went in to ask for directions. So paiseh... Haa... In the end, we found the right place and went in for a visit. There was nothing much in there. We missed the seal show as it started raining and the area wasn't sheltered much. So we decided to get some souvenirs before leaving that place. As I said, when we left the place, the rain stopped =X So we went to walk around at Hillarys and had a spot of tea for tea break at Gloria Jeans since we have time to spare. The classic hot chocolate that I ordered taste like chao tah... Not chao tah chocolate but CHAO TAH in general. No chocolate taste at all. Andre's coconut white chocolate thingy taste too coconut-ish and it looks kind of disgusting come to think of it. Numerous globs of stuff floating in his drink... eee... I didn't take a picture of it. Quite wasted. But it was interesting. Wahaha...

We then made our way to the bus stop, not knowing what time the bus would come. It was disgustingly cold at the bus stop as it started to rain!! So we were like stranded at the bus stop and while waiting for the bus to come, we entertained ourselves quite a bit with lame things.. haha...

On the train back, andre pointed out a beautiful beautiful rainbow to me! It was so so beautiful and I wanted to take a photo of it in the train, but I couldn't. By the time I reached the bus interchange, the rainbow was quite faded. Sadness... But I still took a photo of it...

I spent quite sometime at home, waiting for alex and teresa to come back so that we can go for dinner. We had dinner at this restaurant called Bella Rosa. The food there was ok. Not too fantastic. But I was super duper full when we came back. Wahaha... So that's how we concluded day 3.

Day 4 was fun! Wen, Andre, Alex, me, and one of their friends went to Swan Valley for lunch. We spent quite some time there. The view there was fantastic!! Totally beautiful, the vineyards and all. Sadly, me, being an idiot, didn't take much photos of the beautiful place there.... sigh... We headed to the Margaret River Chocolate Factory after that which sells lots of tasty chocolates. But me being an idiot again, did not buy anything from that place. I kind of regretted about not being productive that day lar! Tsk!!

We wanted to paint Wen's new place after the outing to Swan valley. But it was too late when he came back with the paint. So we didn't paint in the end. We went to a food fair organised by Andre's church. There wasn't much things there by the time we reached there. So in the end, we didn't eat much. Andre asked me what was the one thing that I want to do on my last night in Perth, and I told him that I want to eat an ice cream out in the cold. And I did in the end, after much encouragement from Andre and his friend. Haa... But it was freaking cold and my hands almost freezed from holding the ice cream. It's a mango sorbet thingy in a plastic tube and the ice cream was extremely hard!! And in the end, a girl had to help me push he ice cream out of the plastic tube... haha... We made our way to Wen's new place to have a look at it. His new place was not too bad. I guess when done up, it will look very very nice!!

My last day in Perth was a rather eventful one. Alex, Teresa, Andre and I went to Northbridge for dim sum. The dim sum was fabulous! It tasted so so good! Andre was like telling me that there as something that he didn't want to tell me before I fly off and I was wondering what it was. We were even discussing about plane crashes on the way to Northbridge when Teresa blurted out something about Qantas which Andre stopped her from telling me. I panicked for a while... haha... Alex sent me to the airport after our brunch and there I was, waiting to go back to Singapore. Apparently, my feelings was a direct opposite from the previous time. In december, I can't wait to go home, but that very day, I actually don't feel like going home, knowing that school is going to start and the stress is coming. But I still came home in the end lar. No choice right? Haha... My plane was delayed again. And I did quite a lot of shopping at the airport. I bought one box of tim tams back lar! haaa...

When I got back to Singapore, Andre told me about the explosion in a Qantas plane which caused a huge hole in the plane. I was totally shocked lar! Because as the plane was about to land, I felt something huge hit the bottom of my feet and there was a huge sound! haha... But thank God for allowing my whole journey back to Singapore to be a safe one. =)

All in all, my holiday at Perth was one filled with fun and enjoyment! I so miss that place now!! The people there are so helpful, polite and nice! And the company there was great! Praise God for all His blessings eh! Haa... Well, it's time to wait for school to start now.

I got back my QET results yesterday and I was so surprised that I passed!! I thought I would fail the test but in the end I passed it!!! Thank God for His guidance and blessings for me throughout the test. I guess without God's guidance, I wouldn't even passed the test. =))

Currently, I'm monitoring the bidding process in CORS. I know i very kiasu but I really want to get all the modules that I want. WAhaha... Hopefully all goes well eh! =)

P/S: All photo to my trip can be found here.

Live from Perth

Hello everyone! My holiday at Perth so far is great! wahaha... Yesterday, had breakfast at the pancake restaurant. I've been craving for their pancakes ever since my arrival to Perth. They are so yummilicious! Then, we walked all the way to Harbour Town to do some shopping since the weather was good (it wasn't too cold in the morning, aircon cold only). Bought some new clothes from there. woohoo! I shan't type out minute by minute account of what happened. wahaha... But so far it's been great! =) Food's great, shopping's great, company's great! So yep! Will come home and blog more with pictures. Tomorrow will be Swan Valley day! Can't wait! =)

Perth... Here I come...

So the day has arrived. Surprisingly, I'm not over-excited like how I was previously. In fact, it feels unbelievable that I'll be flying off tomorrow. Time passes so so quickly. Too quickly I guess. Well, this is the day! I hope it will be enjoyable one (i'm sure it will!). I pray for God's guidance, blessings and protection through my whole 5 days there. Praise God for giving me this chance to have a short short holiday overseas! wahaha

It's winter over there now. And I've been monitoring the temperature at Perth for the past few days (I know I'm crazy... haha). It's really cold! Hopefully my training in Korea can be put into good use. I hope! Wahaha...

Oh yea... QET was disgusting. I had a really bad diarrheoa which caused me to nearly faint on Thursday! And I thought that my doctor would give me an MC for the exam. However, I think he got the impression that I must go for QET the next day so he gave me potent medicine to stop the flow , if you get what I mean. Now, I'm constipated =X This is bad bad bad... wahaha... Anyway, it's all over and I place my worries in God's hands. Whether I pass or fail, it's entirely up to Him now. But I have to praise God for blessing me with alertness and energy to do the test because I couldn't sleep the night before. Yep... God is truly great! =))

Alright, I shall end off here. I might be able to blog when I'm over there in Perth but I will have to see how first. Cannot be so thick skin, stay people house still use people computer/electricity/internet. They all cost money eh... Haa... Take care everyone! =)

QET 1

I was so hoping that I can take my QET in November since it is in the afternoon and my biological clock is more or less accustomed to school timing. But I received the reply from registrar that I have to sit for it this fridy because I matriculated early. This is bad. After looking through the sample QET paper, I'm actually quite scared that the standard will be the same, if not harder. It's actually quite difficult because a lot of inference is required for the comprehension (even though it is only MCQ). The essay is also quite worrying as it is very current affair-ish and the topic is fixed. So I'm praying real hard that I will be able to pass it because I don't want to waste my time to take the english support modules. I pray that God will bless me with peace at heart and a focused mind to brave through this. =)

Results... again...

I was really excited and happy that I was given a chance to apply for Life Science Minor even though I'd missed the deadline. Apparently, one of the personnel at the life science department appealed for me. And I am very very grateful and at the same time, I felt really blessed. Today, I've received an email from the life sciences department that my application is unsuccessful as they felt that my biology was not strong enough since I got a B for my A levels. Haa... Oh well, at least I've tried. I felt a little disappointed though, because I'm seriously very interested to minor in Life Sciences. But, if it's God's will, let it be so eh =) At least I'm still offered a chance to apply again in semester 2! So I shall use this as a motivation and work very hard to pull up my CAP score! Praise God for what He's done eh!

Monday's outing with Daren and Eugene was kinda interesting. We had a blast at Shokudo and I guess we were laughing a little too loudly. But all's good eh. Watched the movie Hancock and frankly speaking, I'm still baffled by the storyline. The change of focus is quite sudden I think. So conclusion is, I will never ever watch it again (though it's definitely better than cloverfield......)

Right, I've been thinking quite a lot after what happened yesterday. Seeing someone break down in anger and frustration really made me think how much I have done to help the choir. Seriously, one's patience has one's limit and once it's being pushed beyond that level, things will turn nasty. I can understand how he's feeling, being pushed so much and trying to do his very best so that he won't let anyone down. But then, because of certain situations or events, he is unable to produce his best since he was bypass-ed rather often. Furthermore, I think I've given him much pressure after a long talk with him a few weeks back. Everything seems to culminate to that breakdown yesterday and I'm truly saddened, and at the same time, angered by how things are happening. I don't know what I'm going to do but I pray that God will bless these young charges with a discerning mind and courage to step forward and settle this properly. I pray that no dispute will result from this and I pray that, no matter how hard things can be for them, they will persevere through and give their very best in time to come as they learn from their mistakes and become more independent. Amen.

Of NDP and Fireworks

Before I begin, I want to wish Daniel a very happy 21st birthday!! =)

Alright, I'm extremely exhausted. After lunch, I just fell asleep on the sofa for 2 hours. I'll be attending ACJC Choir's concert tonight. It'll be my first time attending their concert and I can't wait to hear them sing... wahaha...

Yesterday's NE Show was............. okay, no too bad. The only exciting stuff this year are the combined performance of SAF band and MP, the air display by the black knights, and the fireworks. They're very very very cool! Especially the air display! Here are some photos of the air display...

Here are some photos of the SAF Band and the MP doing their display stuff.

And lastly, some nice photos of the fireworks! Woohoo!!

I have some random photos here too... of umbrellas and other things........

The main character in this photograph is the parade commander... not the umbrellas...

I quote, "Please rise to welcome the cabinet ministers...... simulated"

This MP was standing at that exact same spot throughout the whole 4 hours of the show. Cool...

Yup, that's it for NDP. Most of the photos are close ups of the Montfort section of the choir. Don't ask why... wahaha...