Live with Passion

接下来的日子会更加忙碌，但我很享受这种到处奔波的感觉。也得开始复习课业了，以应对明年那“极大”的挑战。希望能快点考取驾照吧，要不明年恐怕也没有多余的时间。

Had a great week. (:

Tuesday - Handball in the morning, it's getting really funnnn! Lunch at Toa Payoh with the usuals. Filming at night. Hilarious, hahaha :D

Wednesday - Handball in the moring! Five hours at LingJia's house helping with Project Work. Thankfully the topic I had last year was much easier. Haha.

Thursday - Handball again. Pegasus programme @ LT3. Lunch at Mos Burger. Meeting with committee @ PAHQ regarding next year's Chingay till 11pm. Okay, it's getting exciting though Sye Mun ps-ed me ): Haha. Didn't even know how to arrive at the place initially, so I just took mrt to Farrer Park. Thank God I found my way there through walking! It's quite beautiful there, in terms of the design and multiple seminar rooms. So met with the committee & mostly were adults, but they were really nice, friendly & funny! :D Under the manpower sub-com, I/C's Hwee Fen! Finally got to meet her, we've been communicating through sms-es & emails only. Oh, not to forget there's people from costumes sub-com & training sub-com as well! Anyway, after briefing we had to try out one of the sections that'll be part of the Chingay parade. And .. it's damn fabulous? The choreographer came down as well to guide us along. Woo, it's gonna be very interesting next year! Okay, also got to know Wei Liang who's in the same sub-com as me. He's quite nice to offer to send me home but in the usual tactful me rejected. Felt bad lah but then .. lol.

The visitor pass which I had to exchange my IC for.

Friday - Handball, team won! Yay, G2 rocks & we got a bottle each for the prize :D Pegasus Programme @ LT3, Principal had a talk with us. She's leaving us next year to MOE HQ ): Lunch, missed cell with classmates sorry! Rushed home & left for church. With it being the first time, I'm sure we can improve on the following week. Jiayou, God help us in it!

Saturday - Met up with Chui San & discussed more. Then was leadership training in church. Today was Auntie Sharon & I guess we weren't quite responsive today. Haha. But learnt quite a fair bit k! Youth Ablaze @ 4pm. None of us brought friends so all the 18-year-olds played games! Not too bad yeah, like an impromptu Zonal bonding. Didn't know some of them can be that "joker". Left in the evening to City hall, met up with Ryan, Ian & Peggy. Walked to Clarke Quay, & as usual all the crap stuffs happened. Haha.

Sunday - Camp comm meeting! Okay they left a seat for me just beside Pst Ruth. I was like, "Huh I sit there ah?" HAHA inside joke. Stressed leh :) THREE more weeks to youth camp, signup rate's at 200+ people. Praise the Lord, more pleaseeeeeeeeee ;D


Things to be done/will be doing in the next few months

1) JC1 camp (18th-20th Nov): It's coming real soon, next week! Looking forward :)

2) Planning for Youth camp (27th-29th Nov): Need God's strength to sustain the whole camp committee. Good turnout rate, ultimate fun & God's intercession amongst the youths.

3) Planning for Chingay 2010 (now till next year Feb): Thanks SyeMun for involving me in this! Though you left haha! Alright, so every Wednesday & Saturday will be training for the performers. Thank you my dear 19 friends who have agreed to participate, out of the 330 performers gathered. I'm sure it'll be a great experience for all of you, including myself. Yes, better time management as well. Didn't forget that I'm having 'A' levels next year.

4) Every Friday night @ Chapel

5) Blood donation: Hahah with Jed! Will be somewhere in early Dec, before I leave Singapore. Okay, feeling nervous already.

6) Badminton camp (early Dec)/Innova JC Open House 2010 (early Jan)/Trainings (now till May, it's A divisions again!)

7) OCBC Cycle Singapore (7th March 2010): This time round I'm going there as a participant, not volunteer hahaha. Stamina! Oh Ben's going for the 40km :)

8) Youth Olympics Games 2010: Just received the confirmation email when I signed up as a volunteer weeks ago. Best news ever!

9) Overseas CIP to Vietnam: Supposedly this year, but was cancelled due to H1N1. Scheduled to be in June next year.

10) Driving license

11) Get back on track in studies

I do have a few asking me why am I always involved in so many things, & on top of that I still got to leave time for studies. I guess it boils down to the quote of "living life with no regrets". And as you look back, you will feel a sense of satisfaction & it gives me the motivation of doing & giving more. Of course there's a limit to how much we can contribute, don't bother as long as it's within our capacity to do it. You need not agree with me, but I'm at this age whereby I should take ownership of my life, rather than just walking around aimlessly. So, till I blog again [:


to Sun Meng: Haha! For a second-timer you know. Thanks anyway! Hope you're doing fine at Canada, always reading your blog yeah. (:

It's all to glorify Him.

Well, of course I wished my results were all "As". Haha.


Promos results - Summer Test (Mid-year) & Mid-Course (End-year)

H1 General Paper - S to C
H1 Physics - U to D
H2 Math - E to U
H2 Geography - D to B
H2 Economics - C to B

These are the raw scores as a comparison from Mid-year papers to Promos. It's a mixed feeling within me though there's improvement for each subject except for Math. Probably because I expected more. But I've been reminding myself, even for some of my classmates, that we ought to be thankful to God in ALL circumstances. Yeah, difficult to put that into action isn't it. But of course, I'm grateful to all my subject tutors all these while for being patient during consultations throughout these months. And .. night study everyday was awesome :)

General Paper: Summer Test was a flop as I didn't expect to get a sub-pass. Quite demoralising given my expectations of doing well in Language. But was told by tutor that it was the content that pulled me down. I still remembered what Mr Sabar said to me, "You have very good language, just that you lacked content." It was then I decided to do something about it (in July period) and there, time flies. Thanks for having so much faith in me & telling me that I can do it. Probably getting a C's disappointing when you know that it's just a few more marks to B. But then again, be thankful right?

Physics: I think I'd term this as the miraculous work of God. Why? It goes like this. I had Math paper on a Friday, & the following Monday & Tuesday were Physics & Geography paper respectively. So I was deciding whether to just focus on my H2 Geog & give up on Physics, or just finish revising Physics first before moving on to Geog. It was more of a decision-making. I spent Saturday & Sunday doing last-minute revision on Physics and plan to revise Geog on Monday after Phy paper. Guess what my tutor said a few days before Promos. "If you want to pass, you must at least re-do all the tutorials ONCE." I was dumbfounded since it wasn't possible to re-do all within such a short period of time. That's why I felt like focusing on Geog instead. Physics paper was hard, I swear. So I went out of the hall feeling so dejected, thinking that I've wasted 2 days on revision when I can do Geog instead. But God is good! But one thing I wanna say is that, it's definitely not my own credit that I passed. That, for sure. Anyway, Mr Teo you're one funny tutor! Though I've only consulted you once. Haha.

Mathematics: Aye, I'm so sorry to Mr Khoo. ): I've been consulting him on every Wed, & for sure we always ended up drifting away from Math to chatting about random topics. You're one friendly & FUNNY teacher, it's surprising how you can clicked so well with us and made me burst out laughing umpteen times. ;D Okay, but I know you're disappointeddddd. I think this time round the results struck me a lot so yeah, I'm gonna brush on my Math this coming holiday. Thanks for your words of enouragement either through msn, sms or facebook! And also saying that I've high EQ HAHA. Wait for my good news :D

Geography: Monday after Physics paper, rushed home to digest much of Geography, only managed to complete Lithosphere, part of Population & Urbanisation. Wasn't feeling confident but I thought I should just give it my best. Essays were crap, as I didn't have time to memorise the policies for transport problems. So just bombed the policies used in Singapore :) Even so, I expected an 'A' though there's only 3-4 people getting As in the cohort. But still wanna thank God for a 'B' grade & 8th in cohort ranking. Miss Nafisah! You came in July as a new NIE teacher & some of us were quite dubious. Haha. But you're fantastic! Really. Patient to the max, passionate (from the way you greet me each time you see me lol), bubbly and YOUNG. Haha. You're also one teacher whom I can talk a lot with, probably because of only a few years in age gap. Enjoyed weekly consultations with you! And once, you didn't sleep at all just to prepare for lectures. Sacrificial to full extent, you'll do great in this profession :)

Economics: CLIMAX. Haha. Okay, as some of my classmates would have known that I revise Econs every single day, rain or shine. It has been like this since last year? I guess it's Mr Chu who made me love this subject so much. So of course I'm not satisfied with just a B, I wonder when will my 'A' come ): So yeah, I guess I've disappointed another tutor. Miss Chong's words were harsh, "You MUST get an A, don't let me down!" Sigh, despite daily consultations right? Yes, every day. But anyway, you're yet another new NIE teacher! The one who keeps thinking that I LOVE Econs due to her interesting way of teaching. I'm probably the few who can tahan you :D Also one of the very few teachers whom I buy breakfast for, drinks/lunch, carried bag out of the school. Haha, sounds like slavery but better be "grateful" hor. Also, I admire your honesty with me on your personal life(or rather biography hahaha) and "gossips" about people! Don't worry man, your problems will all be solved if God enters into your life! :) Thankful for a B and 30th in cohort ranking.


Wow. Like an essay? Anyway, I really appreciate these precious tutors of mine a lot. If not for them, this year could be .. I don't know. Not as fun? Really hope that all of them would still teach me again in Year 2, I need them! Very, very used to their styles of teaching. And also, very used to talk to them in a like-a-friend tone. Geog & Econs are still my favourite subjects, the rest I'd still need a little bit of love. Even though my results ain't that awesome, but God has provided me with capable teachers and amazing favour in the eyes of them. Yeah, as you can see, everything about Innova JC's great :D

Some overdue photos from YeoMei. Will be mainly photos, next post's gonna be a result analysis of Promos. Haha ;D

Zoo!

Leaders' retreat

Last Saturday, celebrated Senior Pastor's 60th birthday! After which left to meet Ryan & Ian for dinner, they ate not me lol. Chatted till midnight & had prata for supper! Had a really long talk. Sunday had camp com meeting, plus family day.

:)

School started! Well Monday was good 'cause I went to the gym. Lol finally! Sweat it all outttt. Tuesday, the Pegasus went to Museum. Interesting! Anyway, we have been playing handball during the first lesson & it wasn't that bad, similar to Tchoukball lah :) Wednesday was handball + 2 hours of GP + Gym + Detention(haha long story) + games comm meeting at Lala's house in the evening. Today was handball + 3 hours of Math + BTT @ Ubi.

Personally, I liked this artpiece a lot. They used bread to form the sacred body of Christ. Nice!

PASSED!

Doreen: The song eh? Haha. Nice bumping into you on Sunday! All the best in uni hor :D
Shepherd: I love the song as well! Haha. Because Shepherd + Shepherd's Pie + Sheeps work together. Heh. Saturday jian! :)

Soar on wings like eagles.

This was saved as a draft which I wanted to post long ago. Due to some concerns, I kept delaying! But not to worry, 'cause school has been great. :)

Throughout this long period, I must say I've learnt a lot. And quite recently, my class has formed a cell group where we'll share the Word of God & fellowship together on every Friday. Hopefully, this can continue on! Thanks Peggy for the initiative! For my teacher's part, we'll just keep praying :)

God has been revealing Isaiah 40:31 to me through various channels during the exam period. It came neither early nor late, just at the right time. You see here, no words can describe this Great Encourager of mine. I guess I've said this a couple of times, but this year has been an amazing year so far. Probably it's the turning point that took place, which brought me to where I am today. As His disciples, we definitely still have a long way to go. Just allow Him to nourish us each day ;)

Last day of school's officially on 26th Nov, a month more to go. A lot more things to complete by the end of this year, will put down when I've the time. Taken up new commitments which would probably keep me busy till next year Feb. Excitement, always! :D

Here are some of the photos, am kind of lazy to upload more.

Kimberly's birthday!

Went to town.

National Day! Live :D