I'm sleepy. currently in SDE (school of design and environment participating in this experiment thing that pays. lol) the researcher's quite nice:)
hehe. reading up on dialysis and the prognosis of discontinu-ing dialysis 'cos of tutorial preparation. but really quite sleepy.
i wanna watch anime! lol. oh well.
Monday, September 29, 2008
終りました！やだ！
hehehe. yay. finished!:) going to take a bath and then edit the presentation slides for Tuesday:) here's the second paragraph of 1965words term paper on whether methods for natural science are appropriate for psychology. lol.
"As such, psychology has evolved from the philosophical ideas in the past to being part of the natural sciences, investigated and explored using the methods of natural sciences. There has been some contention as to whether psychology, which involves an autonomous mind, can be studied by using the same methods as those used for formal sciences such as biology, physics and mathematics. This is due to the fact that formal sciences contain natural objects that exist independently of what the researcher thinks about them (Oren, 2004) and thus the result can be predicted should the right variables be present and are presented in the same manner as before. Whereas for psychology, the uniqueness and complexity of each individual, coupled with the autonomy in behaviour of human beings, seem to suggest that an observational and experimental approach towards possible irregularities in behaviour is not the most feasible. However, over the short history of psychology, we have seen that it is possible to glimpse into the workings of some areas of the brain (conscious and unconscious) and its influence on behaviour through such a scientific method by systematically observing and recording events which occur. This is explored more as some of the methods of natural science applied to psychology are discussed."
What a disgusting paper. haha. But I guess I really learned a lot through writing this paper.. especially in the definition of what the different schools of thoughts are, as well as the timeline which events occurred in the history of psychology.
yup.
GST rebates are here soon :) i'm so glad. hahahahaha.
hehehe. yay. finished!:) going to take a bath and then edit the presentation slides for Tuesday:) here's the second paragraph of 1965words term paper on whether methods for natural science are appropriate for psychology. lol.
"As such, psychology has evolved from the philosophical ideas in the past to being part of the natural sciences, investigated and explored using the methods of natural sciences. There has been some contention as to whether psychology, which involves an autonomous mind, can be studied by using the same methods as those used for formal sciences such as biology, physics and mathematics. This is due to the fact that formal sciences contain natural objects that exist independently of what the researcher thinks about them (Oren, 2004) and thus the result can be predicted should the right variables be present and are presented in the same manner as before. Whereas for psychology, the uniqueness and complexity of each individual, coupled with the autonomy in behaviour of human beings, seem to suggest that an observational and experimental approach towards possible irregularities in behaviour is not the most feasible. However, over the short history of psychology, we have seen that it is possible to glimpse into the workings of some areas of the brain (conscious and unconscious) and its influence on behaviour through such a scientific method by systematically observing and recording events which occur. This is explored more as some of the methods of natural science applied to psychology are discussed."
What a disgusting paper. haha. But I guess I really learned a lot through writing this paper.. especially in the definition of what the different schools of thoughts are, as well as the timeline which events occurred in the history of psychology.
yup.
GST rebates are here soon :) i'm so glad. hahahahaha.
Am tempted to rant about the essay, but i aim to finish it by 4am, so better get going!:) will post an excerpt of it here 'cos one of the criteria for the essay to "assume a general reader who does not already know what you are trying to say. Do not write for [Elliot] or a tutor personally. Do not make unstated assumptions, state them. Do not rely on implicit shared knowledge."
So if i post an excerpt and it can be understood, it'll mean i've passed that criteria right? haha.
So if i post an excerpt and it can be understood, it'll mean i've passed that criteria right? haha.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
ehh. this is not very comforting.
I just found out (from reading channel newsasia) that one of the products i like to eat (quite a bit) actually contain melamine. lol.
and it says
'For example, an adult weighing 60kg needs to eat 13 packs of Silang House Steamed Potato crackers daily for an entire lifetime to be affected by melamine contamination.'
I'm quite positive that I've eaten quite a number of packets of the steamed potato crackers.
oh well.
I just found out (from reading channel newsasia) that one of the products i like to eat (quite a bit) actually contain melamine. lol.
and it says
'For example, an adult weighing 60kg needs to eat 13 packs of Silang House Steamed Potato crackers daily for an entire lifetime to be affected by melamine contamination.'
I'm quite positive that I've eaten quite a number of packets of the steamed potato crackers.
oh well.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
hehehe. i quite enjoy this song :)
and another ending song (also by SEAMO) to one of my favourite anime (xxxholic:kei):
[And since i'm on xxxholic:kei.. here's the opening song for xxxholic. i like the full version of this song better than the full version of the opening song for xxxholic:kei..] --> wanted to post up the song, then went to watch the video of the song on imeem. i was like O.o oh well. lol. if there's a rating, it's probably r21:P
here's the song at any rate :) lol.
and another ending song (also by SEAMO) to one of my favourite anime (xxxholic:kei):
[And since i'm on xxxholic:kei.. here's the opening song for xxxholic. i like the full version of this song better than the full version of the opening song for xxxholic:kei..] --> wanted to post up the song, then went to watch the video of the song on imeem. i was like O.o oh well. lol. if there's a rating, it's probably r21:P
here's the song at any rate :) lol.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Was supposed to reach ttsh (tan tock seng hospital) by 9am. I woke up at 8.30am -.-||
First part was just an introduction to ttsh and the departments that they have. we were in the meeting room of the care and counselling department in the medical center. lol. it's a little different from how i've envisioned the whole thing to be:) quite a small group (9 pple. one didn't come). they kept it small i suppose, for a reason.
amazingly, 4 out of 5 of my sw project group mates (me, lynette, linus and adeline) are visiting this hospital. hahaha. so when we split into 2 groups for the hospital tour, the four of us just went off with lawrence (i think tt's his name.. he's the medical social worker working with the geriatrics department. the first thing we did was to take a group photo O.o lol.
i've not uploaded the photos from the phone.. so no photos as of yet.
he brought us around.. tan tock seng looked small.. but it's super big on the inside. and guess what? it has the second most number of beds in the hospital. the hospital with the most beds is IMH (grace, my last sw group project member, is going there:D)
so we had a personalised tour by him.. we went to the different wards (the class A wards are on the highest level. great reception area. really looks like a hotel room..), went to the different departments (emergency, physiotherapy, radiotherapy, geriatrics), saw a special bridge linking square 2 and ttsh (wide enough for a hospital bed to go through), saw the benefits for the workers in ttsh, went to the ttsh museum, went to a garden in ttsh.. yup:) Along the way we talked to him as well.. realized that he has a double major (sw and chinese! :S) and he's going to go on to masters soon.. sponsored by ttsh. quite interesting :) asked him why he wanna work with old folks (personally not very interested in old folks) and he said that partly 'cos of compassion, partly 'cos usually they don't get a lot of benefits.. how much of your income are you willing to spend on your grandparents? compared to the amount spent on kids, it's really very little. he wants to give a voice to the elderly :)
oh. we went to the mortuary too :S lol
yup. so that was quite an interesting trip :) then we went off to the icu (intensive care unit) to visit adeline's dad. didn't go in.. 'cos only family members allowed.. so just waited outside and talked. and while waiting outside, we found out that...
adeline was in the same primary school as me! (poi ching:)
lol. but she's two yrs younger. and she was in chinese calligraphy too.. but only joined after primary 4.. i was in chinese calligraphy for 6 years! woohoo. but never saw her 'cos eca was not really much recommended after june in p6. yup:)
talked a little to linus as well.. about God's calling. he's very sure that God has called him to be in the counselling field.. and i shared about my own passion for children with developmental disorders:) i guess as i take more medical/clinical modules, my desire to help people in the hospital grew as well. wonder if there's any chance of me working there in the future:)
waited for lynette.. then the four of us went off to long john's to eat lunch:) along the way, we realized that.. lynette was from the same jc as adeline! lol. okay. the world is small.
and i know xiaoting (she was a freshman in matric a yr back..) and xiaoting was lynette's classmate. ha ha ha ha ha.
anyway, after lunch, all four of us adjourned to grace's house for project meeting. we reached at the same time as the person we were supposed to interview =S that reminds me. i wanna transcribe the interview :) lol.
i think interviewing mrs chia was quite encouraging. her husband has had multiple sclerosis for about 10 years.. and hearing of how they cope with it along the way and how God has constantly provided for them financially was encouraging:) and caregiver stress was relatively low in her, though can still see that she's a little fatigued from taking care of her husband everyday. but can also see that she trusts in what God is doing and understands that thingsppen for a reason :) yup.
i think the main message which she wanted to bring across was that we should never treat the person like an invalid, like the person is a burden. yup.
it's a long day :) went home after that (ard 4.45) and fell asleep. LOL
then woke up ard 6.30pm to eat and went off to gracehaven.
ah. gracehaven. i went there (i think i was the first one there O.o) and wanted to exchange for the pass to go in (if you've not been to gracehaven before, there's a gate with barb wire on top. to protect the kids) and the security guard kindly informed me that he couldn't find my name on the list of volunteers. faint.
i called hazel ('cos lost boonliong's number) and told her about it.. then they called mingjie (the social worker in gracehaven who's working with us) who subsequently called the security guard and tried to get clearance for us (yenling came along and realized that her name's not on the list either). but the system can't be bent. ah well.
our names weren't on the list 'cos it's not our usual slots to tuition the kids. i was personally quite fretful 'cos i've prepared things for charmaine to do ad i was supposed to help her with chinese oral 'cos she has chinese oral exams the coming thurs and i can't go down tomorrow to help her. ah well. in the end got michelle (who was tutoring another girl) to help me with charmaine as well. the houseparent on the guys' side was nice to help me pass the chinese book to charmaine's houseparent who passed to her:) lol
oh well.
afterwhich, yenling and i (everyone else got clearance!) went off to have dinner and to go down to singapore general hospital (SGH) to visit a friend of ours (kaiyan) we knew from Alive! hmmm. people who know him will know that he was diagnosed with lymphoma (if i dun recall wrongly) and he's just finished his chemotherapy not too long ago. he's very young.. still less than 30. yup. so hearing tt he's gone back to the hospital is quite worrying..
he seems fine though:) rosy cheeks, on drip.. looking a little tired, but nevertheless healthier than when i first saw him after his chemo. yup. he asked us to pray for him at the end, so we did.
i'm glad that i got the chance to see kaiyan. didn't get the chance when he was first admitted in the past 'cos of various reasons. yup. and i'm glad for the chance to know yenling more. lol. we talked:) and it was an enjoyable time:)
forgot to mention tt i quite like ttsh. hahaa. got lots of scenery.. doesn't feel like a hospital (especially the radiotherapy section). yup. maybe i'll consider going in there if there arise a need for me to go into the hospital in the future. lol.
First part was just an introduction to ttsh and the departments that they have. we were in the meeting room of the care and counselling department in the medical center. lol. it's a little different from how i've envisioned the whole thing to be:) quite a small group (9 pple. one didn't come). they kept it small i suppose, for a reason.
amazingly, 4 out of 5 of my sw project group mates (me, lynette, linus and adeline) are visiting this hospital. hahaha. so when we split into 2 groups for the hospital tour, the four of us just went off with lawrence (i think tt's his name.. he's the medical social worker working with the geriatrics department. the first thing we did was to take a group photo O.o lol.
i've not uploaded the photos from the phone.. so no photos as of yet.
he brought us around.. tan tock seng looked small.. but it's super big on the inside. and guess what? it has the second most number of beds in the hospital. the hospital with the most beds is IMH (grace, my last sw group project member, is going there:D)
so we had a personalised tour by him.. we went to the different wards (the class A wards are on the highest level. great reception area. really looks like a hotel room..), went to the different departments (emergency, physiotherapy, radiotherapy, geriatrics), saw a special bridge linking square 2 and ttsh (wide enough for a hospital bed to go through), saw the benefits for the workers in ttsh, went to the ttsh museum, went to a garden in ttsh.. yup:) Along the way we talked to him as well.. realized that he has a double major (sw and chinese! :S) and he's going to go on to masters soon.. sponsored by ttsh. quite interesting :) asked him why he wanna work with old folks (personally not very interested in old folks) and he said that partly 'cos of compassion, partly 'cos usually they don't get a lot of benefits.. how much of your income are you willing to spend on your grandparents? compared to the amount spent on kids, it's really very little. he wants to give a voice to the elderly :)
oh. we went to the mortuary too :S lol
yup. so that was quite an interesting trip :) then we went off to the icu (intensive care unit) to visit adeline's dad. didn't go in.. 'cos only family members allowed.. so just waited outside and talked. and while waiting outside, we found out that...
adeline was in the same primary school as me! (poi ching:)
lol. but she's two yrs younger. and she was in chinese calligraphy too.. but only joined after primary 4.. i was in chinese calligraphy for 6 years! woohoo. but never saw her 'cos eca was not really much recommended after june in p6. yup:)
talked a little to linus as well.. about God's calling. he's very sure that God has called him to be in the counselling field.. and i shared about my own passion for children with developmental disorders:) i guess as i take more medical/clinical modules, my desire to help people in the hospital grew as well. wonder if there's any chance of me working there in the future:)
waited for lynette.. then the four of us went off to long john's to eat lunch:) along the way, we realized that.. lynette was from the same jc as adeline! lol. okay. the world is small.
and i know xiaoting (she was a freshman in matric a yr back..) and xiaoting was lynette's classmate. ha ha ha ha ha.
anyway, after lunch, all four of us adjourned to grace's house for project meeting. we reached at the same time as the person we were supposed to interview =S that reminds me. i wanna transcribe the interview :) lol.
i think interviewing mrs chia was quite encouraging. her husband has had multiple sclerosis for about 10 years.. and hearing of how they cope with it along the way and how God has constantly provided for them financially was encouraging:) and caregiver stress was relatively low in her, though can still see that she's a little fatigued from taking care of her husband everyday. but can also see that she trusts in what God is doing and understands that thingsppen for a reason :) yup.
i think the main message which she wanted to bring across was that we should never treat the person like an invalid, like the person is a burden. yup.
it's a long day :) went home after that (ard 4.45) and fell asleep. LOL
then woke up ard 6.30pm to eat and went off to gracehaven.
ah. gracehaven. i went there (i think i was the first one there O.o) and wanted to exchange for the pass to go in (if you've not been to gracehaven before, there's a gate with barb wire on top. to protect the kids) and the security guard kindly informed me that he couldn't find my name on the list of volunteers. faint.
i called hazel ('cos lost boonliong's number) and told her about it.. then they called mingjie (the social worker in gracehaven who's working with us) who subsequently called the security guard and tried to get clearance for us (yenling came along and realized that her name's not on the list either). but the system can't be bent. ah well.
our names weren't on the list 'cos it's not our usual slots to tuition the kids. i was personally quite fretful 'cos i've prepared things for charmaine to do ad i was supposed to help her with chinese oral 'cos she has chinese oral exams the coming thurs and i can't go down tomorrow to help her. ah well. in the end got michelle (who was tutoring another girl) to help me with charmaine as well. the houseparent on the guys' side was nice to help me pass the chinese book to charmaine's houseparent who passed to her:) lol
oh well.
afterwhich, yenling and i (everyone else got clearance!) went off to have dinner and to go down to singapore general hospital (SGH) to visit a friend of ours (kaiyan) we knew from Alive! hmmm. people who know him will know that he was diagnosed with lymphoma (if i dun recall wrongly) and he's just finished his chemotherapy not too long ago. he's very young.. still less than 30. yup. so hearing tt he's gone back to the hospital is quite worrying..
he seems fine though:) rosy cheeks, on drip.. looking a little tired, but nevertheless healthier than when i first saw him after his chemo. yup. he asked us to pray for him at the end, so we did.
i'm glad that i got the chance to see kaiyan. didn't get the chance when he was first admitted in the past 'cos of various reasons. yup. and i'm glad for the chance to know yenling more. lol. we talked:) and it was an enjoyable time:)
forgot to mention tt i quite like ttsh. hahaa. got lots of scenery.. doesn't feel like a hospital (especially the radiotherapy section). yup. maybe i'll consider going in there if there arise a need for me to go into the hospital in the future. lol.
I think I can be quite random in my thoughts at time.
Was just thinking about how I used to not like children.. or rather, just don't find them fascinating.. but recently think they're quite interesting. haha.
Probably got influenced by dr tan or children lovers some way or another. I still don't find them 'cute' for the sake of being cute.. but find it amazing at their learning abilities, at their innocence... lol
oh i know why. 'cos recently take care of chi.. hahaha.
was just watching itazura na kiss (it's the only one of its kind in my anime list) episode 23 whereby kotoko knows that she's pregnant.. while watching the anime whereby scenes of the family getting excited about the child was shown, i can't help thinking about how mothers who actually have a miscarriage must really feel quite traumatized.. considering that there was much anticipation and preparation for it, coupled with the bond between the mum and the child. feels painful now to think about it.
i'm sleepy. going to tan tock seng hospital for sw module tmr :) the care and counselling section. hope i learn much through it. hope i can wake up! haha.
i've recently started to formulate a list of 'wants'. things that i want (and may get in the future). but since it's a list of wants, it's fine that i don't get it either=D
lol.
Was just thinking about how I used to not like children.. or rather, just don't find them fascinating.. but recently think they're quite interesting. haha.
Probably got influenced by dr tan or children lovers some way or another. I still don't find them 'cute' for the sake of being cute.. but find it amazing at their learning abilities, at their innocence... lol
oh i know why. 'cos recently take care of chi.. hahaha.
was just watching itazura na kiss (it's the only one of its kind in my anime list) episode 23 whereby kotoko knows that she's pregnant.. while watching the anime whereby scenes of the family getting excited about the child was shown, i can't help thinking about how mothers who actually have a miscarriage must really feel quite traumatized.. considering that there was much anticipation and preparation for it, coupled with the bond between the mum and the child. feels painful now to think about it.
i'm sleepy. going to tan tock seng hospital for sw module tmr :) the care and counselling section. hope i learn much through it. hope i can wake up! haha.
i've recently started to formulate a list of 'wants'. things that i want (and may get in the future). but since it's a list of wants, it's fine that i don't get it either=D
lol.
Monday, September 22, 2008
We had our last followup together yesterday.. heh. To commemorate this special occasion, jingting, me, yingjie and jalea went off to...
A picture of the entrance...
Yup. This was the display that greeted us :) Was quite delighted to hear Japanese in the restaurant.. Jingting said that the waiters are Japanese.. but seems like there were a few from other countries.. haha.
A picture of the lovely people whom I was with..
And here's the star of the night!:) haha
It's quite a nice place.. the whole feel reminds us of Village and Marche.. The menu which was presented to us came with leather covers (wah)..
A picture of the menu:)
The food took quite some time to come.. hahaa. Not for the impatient :) heh. But the food that came, though looking normal, was great=D hahaa.
The following paella was not particularly very appealing to me though. It was full of seafood flavour.. haha. maybe Jalea enjoyed it more than me :) The rice was good though. The rice was good in the beef dish above as well :)
The waitress gave us keys after she cleared our plates. haha. It's kinda like when you go into the restaurant, you book into a room.. then when you're ready to go, you book out of the room by returning the keys to the counter. Same concept with the keys in this restaurant :)
Here are some random photos of the place!:)
We went to J.Co after that to talk and discuss through what we've written down. Was quite encouraged to hear Jingting share:) Yup.
Thank God for yingjie:) her soft heart for God has been a great encouragement to many people, including me:) Hope she'll continue to grow strong and grow closer to God in the years ahead:)
A picture of the entrance...
Yup. This was the display that greeted us :) Was quite delighted to hear Japanese in the restaurant.. Jingting said that the waiters are Japanese.. but seems like there were a few from other countries.. haha.
A picture of the lovely people whom I was with..
And here's the star of the night!:) haha
It's quite a nice place.. the whole feel reminds us of Village and Marche.. The menu which was presented to us came with leather covers (wah)..
A picture of the menu:)
The food took quite some time to come.. hahaa. Not for the impatient :) heh. But the food that came, though looking normal, was great=D hahaa.
The following paella was not particularly very appealing to me though. It was full of seafood flavour.. haha. maybe Jalea enjoyed it more than me :) The rice was good though. The rice was good in the beef dish above as well :)
The waitress gave us keys after she cleared our plates. haha. It's kinda like when you go into the restaurant, you book into a room.. then when you're ready to go, you book out of the room by returning the keys to the counter. Same concept with the keys in this restaurant :)
Here are some random photos of the place!:)
We went to J.Co after that to talk and discuss through what we've written down. Was quite encouraged to hear Jingting share:) Yup.
Thank God for yingjie:) her soft heart for God has been a great encouragement to many people, including me:) Hope she'll continue to grow strong and grow closer to God in the years ahead:)
Sunday, September 21, 2008
have you ever talked to God above
tell Him that you need a friend to love
pray in Jesus' name believing that
He answers prayers
have you told Him all your cares and woes
every tiny little fear He knows
you can know He'll always hear
and He will answer prayers
On a lofty mountain peak He's there
in a meadow by the stream He's there
you can know He's always there
He's been there from the start
I enjoyed saturday :) even though I woke up feeling quite sleepy.
Enjoyed the flavour of the people.. Got sour cream and onion, spicy flavour, cheese and original. Not bad, quite a good mix :)
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I don't think I'm a person who can write well. There are times when thoughts will flow and typing it all out requires a minimal effort. There are also times when thoughts don't flow and typing things out become a chore, or become quite incoherent. Or simply don't make sense.
Or maybe it's just the thoughts being jammed up in the mind and not being able to be translated out into words. A continuous stream of thoughts that sees no ceasing in its flow.
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Who makes the sun light up my shadows when the darkness tries to follow me?
Who makes the air that brings me life so I can bring the love that's given to me?
You make everything good, everything wonderful, You grace my days and heaven fills my view
Let's forever sing
You make everything pure, everything beautiful, You make me see the only thing that's true
it's You
Who makes the waters of my sorrow part and leads the gladness into my heart?
Who makes the rivers run that wash away and clean my soul to make a new start?
You make everything good, everything wonderful, You grace my days and heaven fills my view
Let's forever sing
You make everything pure, everything beautiful, You make me see the only thing that's true
it's You
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Sleepy. listening to songs. Refusing to sleep. haha. Lots of thoughts in mind but I can't type them out.
Thank God for Celestine :) I think in a sense I was a little scared of approaching the topic, but thank God for her in wanting to stay. yay.
I really treasure the chances that I can sit with my caregroup and be in service itself. It's so precious. I start to check beforehand when I'll be free to sit in during service nowadays. hahaha.
A little sian-diao-ed over some stuff (isn't it interesting that when we want to be vague, we use some stuff, when actually it could just be one stuff, though it sounds grammatically wrong. And when you want to refer to just one stuff, you actually state out what it is?) but thank God that it's still possibly 'cos of Celestine! hahaha. thank God for her:)
Have really been quite blessed by this sister.. she serves faithfully. Faithfully and regularly. Very supportive. She's currently a CL, but have sacrificed to want to support the counter ministry when one whole team (one team captain and 3 other volunteers!!) has to be taken out due to some stuff (some stuff again!) about 5 months ago.
So yup, expanding back to 3 teams (that means serving just once every three weeks!) If you know of anyone who would like to join counter and is a committed member, do introduce counter to them!:) We have fun-loving people who are sacrificial, seemingly boring tasks which train up your character and great fellowship. hahaha. I had to turn down a few people (about the number of 4, all from the poly side) in the past few months 'cos of the lack of 'wineskin' and 'cos the issue was not settled, but now that it's been settled and the team structure is expanded to hold more people, come in!:D
Really thank God for Crystal also. I know that in counter, a few of us (e.g. me, crystal, celestine) don't really giftings or a natural desire to serve in this ministry, but thank God for them.
Counter drains me. haha. Even after having served in the ministry for 4 years, it still drains me. I seldom pass a session without feeling sleepy, or having the thought of wanting to kill people (not literally. lol). But I'm always encouraged by the people whom God sends in at different periods of time.
-You find the beauty in my imperfections
the guiding light in my misdirections
and when i think You're finally giving up
You fill my heart with unconditional love-
Yup. hehe.
tell Him that you need a friend to love
pray in Jesus' name believing that
He answers prayers
have you told Him all your cares and woes
every tiny little fear He knows
you can know He'll always hear
and He will answer prayers
On a lofty mountain peak He's there
in a meadow by the stream He's there
you can know He's always there
He's been there from the start
I enjoyed saturday :) even though I woke up feeling quite sleepy.
Enjoyed the flavour of the people.. Got sour cream and onion, spicy flavour, cheese and original. Not bad, quite a good mix :)
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I don't think I'm a person who can write well. There are times when thoughts will flow and typing it all out requires a minimal effort. There are also times when thoughts don't flow and typing things out become a chore, or become quite incoherent. Or simply don't make sense.
Or maybe it's just the thoughts being jammed up in the mind and not being able to be translated out into words. A continuous stream of thoughts that sees no ceasing in its flow.
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Who makes the sun light up my shadows when the darkness tries to follow me?
Who makes the air that brings me life so I can bring the love that's given to me?
You make everything good, everything wonderful, You grace my days and heaven fills my view
Let's forever sing
You make everything pure, everything beautiful, You make me see the only thing that's true
it's You
Who makes the waters of my sorrow part and leads the gladness into my heart?
Who makes the rivers run that wash away and clean my soul to make a new start?
You make everything good, everything wonderful, You grace my days and heaven fills my view
Let's forever sing
You make everything pure, everything beautiful, You make me see the only thing that's true
it's You
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Sleepy. listening to songs. Refusing to sleep. haha. Lots of thoughts in mind but I can't type them out.
Thank God for Celestine :) I think in a sense I was a little scared of approaching the topic, but thank God for her in wanting to stay. yay.
I really treasure the chances that I can sit with my caregroup and be in service itself. It's so precious. I start to check beforehand when I'll be free to sit in during service nowadays. hahaha.
A little sian-diao-ed over some stuff (isn't it interesting that when we want to be vague, we use some stuff, when actually it could just be one stuff, though it sounds grammatically wrong. And when you want to refer to just one stuff, you actually state out what it is?) but thank God that it's still possibly 'cos of Celestine! hahaha. thank God for her:)
Have really been quite blessed by this sister.. she serves faithfully. Faithfully and regularly. Very supportive. She's currently a CL, but have sacrificed to want to support the counter ministry when one whole team (one team captain and 3 other volunteers!!) has to be taken out due to some stuff (some stuff again!) about 5 months ago.
So yup, expanding back to 3 teams (that means serving just once every three weeks!) If you know of anyone who would like to join counter and is a committed member, do introduce counter to them!:) We have fun-loving people who are sacrificial, seemingly boring tasks which train up your character and great fellowship. hahaha. I had to turn down a few people (about the number of 4, all from the poly side) in the past few months 'cos of the lack of 'wineskin' and 'cos the issue was not settled, but now that it's been settled and the team structure is expanded to hold more people, come in!:D
Really thank God for Crystal also. I know that in counter, a few of us (e.g. me, crystal, celestine) don't really giftings or a natural desire to serve in this ministry, but thank God for them.
Counter drains me. haha. Even after having served in the ministry for 4 years, it still drains me. I seldom pass a session without feeling sleepy, or having the thought of wanting to kill people (not literally. lol). But I'm always encouraged by the people whom God sends in at different periods of time.
-You find the beauty in my imperfections
the guiding light in my misdirections
and when i think You're finally giving up
You fill my heart with unconditional love-
Yup. hehe.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
I'm so glad it's the start of recess week :) Hope to be able to accomplish a few things by the end of Friday.
1) Finish up some parts of the Social Work project (interview qns, interview, analysis of interview, division of labour for presentation and final paper)
2) Finish up bilingualism project and rehearse for presentation (we had the project meeting today! super short. lol.)
3) Finish up history and systems of psychology term paper (ahhhhhh! have not started on this. lol. John Elliot is quite amazing.. he's managed to procure textbooks written by William James, writen in 1890, and kept them in good condition. woohoo. I like William James. He's a functionalist and pushes for pragmatism in psychology.)
4) Counter stuff.
5) Tune my sleeping hours. lol.
1) Finish up some parts of the Social Work project (interview qns, interview, analysis of interview, division of labour for presentation and final paper)
2) Finish up bilingualism project and rehearse for presentation (we had the project meeting today! super short. lol.)
3) Finish up history and systems of psychology term paper (ahhhhhh! have not started on this. lol. John Elliot is quite amazing.. he's managed to procure textbooks written by William James, writen in 1890, and kept them in good condition. woohoo. I like William James. He's a functionalist and pushes for pragmatism in psychology.)
4) Counter stuff.
5) Tune my sleeping hours. lol.
I'm quite exhausted.
Yay. For the first time in 6 weeks I arrived 10 minutes early for social work lecture =D and promptly settled into the seat I've sat in for the past lectures.
Today's lecturer was quite funny. She looks really young but she's at least 40 years old and she's got lots of experience with working with people who are on the brink of death.
We talked about the chronically ill today :) Reminds me of pediatric psych. heh.
Interviewing a guy and his wife next thurs for social work project. He's got multiple sclerosis and his wife have been taking care of him and the three children for the past 10 years. Think it'll be interesting to listen to how the wife draws strength and how they manage to stay together and go through the ten years with their children who were still young at that time:)
Do you know that if you have HIV and you're treated of it before it develops into AIDS, you actually can live till a very long life? So actually babies who contract HIV through the mother actually do get a chance to live.
The lecturer talked about a guy who was very unpleasant. He treated hospitals like a hotel, in which he'll get himself drunk, get checked into the hotel (and because he has no place to live in, his hospital bills can be paid for by medifund) and refuses to take blood test or medication (oh.. he's sick too. just can't remember what he was down with). he was also mean to nurses and medical social workers:P and gouged out the eye of some healthcare officer before :S (so friendly)
so i guess listening to her talk about unpleasant pple is quite encouraging :)
Yay. For the first time in 6 weeks I arrived 10 minutes early for social work lecture =D and promptly settled into the seat I've sat in for the past lectures.
Today's lecturer was quite funny. She looks really young but she's at least 40 years old and she's got lots of experience with working with people who are on the brink of death.
We talked about the chronically ill today :) Reminds me of pediatric psych. heh.
Interviewing a guy and his wife next thurs for social work project. He's got multiple sclerosis and his wife have been taking care of him and the three children for the past 10 years. Think it'll be interesting to listen to how the wife draws strength and how they manage to stay together and go through the ten years with their children who were still young at that time:)
Do you know that if you have HIV and you're treated of it before it develops into AIDS, you actually can live till a very long life? So actually babies who contract HIV through the mother actually do get a chance to live.
The lecturer talked about a guy who was very unpleasant. He treated hospitals like a hotel, in which he'll get himself drunk, get checked into the hotel (and because he has no place to live in, his hospital bills can be paid for by medifund) and refuses to take blood test or medication (oh.. he's sick too. just can't remember what he was down with). he was also mean to nurses and medical social workers:P and gouged out the eye of some healthcare officer before :S (so friendly)
so i guess listening to her talk about unpleasant pple is quite encouraging :)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Yay. I love Daiso. haha.
I usually end up walking around in it for an hour or two (when I'm not rushing off to somewhere..).
You should really go explore it if you've not had the chance to do so.
Anyway, I'm blogging about Daiso 'cos I bought charcoal clean-up nose strips from Daiso and I think it's pretty good. So yup, go buy it :P 2 bucks for 6 strips. remember to wet your nose before using 'cos they don't stick on a dry nose:) You clean your face, wet your nose, stick it on and leave it there for around 15 minutes. It'll dry up, then you peel it off (tearing in the process 'cos it gets a little painful) and ta-da! you get a nose strip with lots of hair-lookalikes (maybe got facial hair also, I'm not too sure), as well as a cleaner nose :) (i hope. haha)
The forums have mixed reviews on the charcoal face mask, but so far, the nose strips have had good reviews. so yup.
Read from the forums that the aloe vera makeup remover from daiso's quite good too. Have yet to try it though.
Pet stuff from Daiso are not bad too. The toys anyway :) lol. Chi likes them. So it's good. Bought can-covers and poo scoops from there too. hehe.
I usually end up walking around in it for an hour or two (when I'm not rushing off to somewhere..).
You should really go explore it if you've not had the chance to do so.
Anyway, I'm blogging about Daiso 'cos I bought charcoal clean-up nose strips from Daiso and I think it's pretty good. So yup, go buy it :P 2 bucks for 6 strips. remember to wet your nose before using 'cos they don't stick on a dry nose:) You clean your face, wet your nose, stick it on and leave it there for around 15 minutes. It'll dry up, then you peel it off (tearing in the process 'cos it gets a little painful) and ta-da! you get a nose strip with lots of hair-lookalikes (maybe got facial hair also, I'm not too sure), as well as a cleaner nose :) (i hope. haha)
The forums have mixed reviews on the charcoal face mask, but so far, the nose strips have had good reviews. so yup.
Read from the forums that the aloe vera makeup remover from daiso's quite good too. Have yet to try it though.
Pet stuff from Daiso are not bad too. The toys anyway :) lol. Chi likes them. So it's good. Bought can-covers and poo scoops from there too. hehe.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Have you ever looked through the looking glass?
And see how birds start to moo?
The quivering swallows freeze in the sun
And trees that start to bloom.
Would you join the puss-on-boots
On stilts with little shoes?
Or waltz with the spinning kangaroo
Upon the fields of blue.
How about a little kettle of tea
Boiled on a slab of ice?
Would you fancy a pebble cake,
Or a flying ostrich pie?
How queer it is, to us who look
through the looking glass
Yet to those on the other end
Our life'll be a farce.
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I think queer thoughts in the middle of the night
when lamps are said to not burn bright
I fall into rhythm and familiar rhyme
Avoid the heavy and harp on the light.
Alas. I see light.
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I asked myself with an honest voice.
Ah. And there it is so.
Of which it exists, by just a trickle.
No hint of exasperation, or of slight frustration.
No mischievous deeds hidden in the drawers of the mind.
No hint of any future torrential downpour, no rain to fuel it.
No swinging of a pendulum.
And so shall it be.
And see how birds start to moo?
The quivering swallows freeze in the sun
And trees that start to bloom.
Would you join the puss-on-boots
On stilts with little shoes?
Or waltz with the spinning kangaroo
Upon the fields of blue.
How about a little kettle of tea
Boiled on a slab of ice?
Would you fancy a pebble cake,
Or a flying ostrich pie?
How queer it is, to us who look
through the looking glass
Yet to those on the other end
Our life'll be a farce.
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I think queer thoughts in the middle of the night
when lamps are said to not burn bright
I fall into rhythm and familiar rhyme
Avoid the heavy and harp on the light.
Alas. I see light.
-----------------------------------
I asked myself with an honest voice.
Ah. And there it is so.
Of which it exists, by just a trickle.
No hint of exasperation, or of slight frustration.
No mischievous deeds hidden in the drawers of the mind.
No hint of any future torrential downpour, no rain to fuel it.
No swinging of a pendulum.
And so shall it be.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Looking forward to this sat's service:)
we had worship prac earlier on.. and it was quite a refreshing experience. Nel showed the worship team a video (which I missed since my lessons ended at 6.30. lol), but learned a lot from what they've shared as well. I think some things that stayed with me were:
1) Many-a-times we always want to ask what we can get from God.. but Paul lived out his life poured out like a drink offering. His main question in life was 'what can i give?' what can i give to the people around me? what can i give to God?
2) when we worship we may sometimes worship to the extent of how much we've been blessed by God/how much we experience God. kinda like an exchange. so for example, if we've been blessed much/experience God much in that week, we'll worship more wholeheartedly, we'll worship more vigorously. But God calls us to worship Him wholeheartedly all the time, regardless of how much we experience Him, regardless of how much we've been blessed.
3) I think as a generation of people who live in modern Singapore, we tend to forget who is the God we're serving. We live our lives in the manner of how we perceive God. as a generation of people, we tend to forget that our God is the God who parted the red sea and who raised people from the dead. who is man that he can go against God? and who are you? that you can live your life in such a slipshot manner when you profess God to be Lord of your life? I got jolted out of my comfortable doing-things-in-my-own-way-and-timing when i got reminded of this. And even when I feel irritated at something, I am much more aware to check my own heart and motives. I may not perfect, but having the awareness of the God I'm serving checks me even much quicker.
looking forward to the service on saturday 'cos i really love the worship songs. heh. yes, all worship songs can be used to worship God, 'cos ultimately, it's not just the songs, it's the heart. but we've got preferences sometimes, ya? haha.
oh speaking of which. I learned today that
4) The Word of God has the same power to change a person's life.. yet the soil of the person's heart determines the manifestation of that power in a person's life. The seed is the same. The soil determines if the flower blooms or wilts.
we had worship prac earlier on.. and it was quite a refreshing experience. Nel showed the worship team a video (which I missed since my lessons ended at 6.30. lol), but learned a lot from what they've shared as well. I think some things that stayed with me were:
1) Many-a-times we always want to ask what we can get from God.. but Paul lived out his life poured out like a drink offering. His main question in life was 'what can i give?' what can i give to the people around me? what can i give to God?
2) when we worship we may sometimes worship to the extent of how much we've been blessed by God/how much we experience God. kinda like an exchange. so for example, if we've been blessed much/experience God much in that week, we'll worship more wholeheartedly, we'll worship more vigorously. But God calls us to worship Him wholeheartedly all the time, regardless of how much we experience Him, regardless of how much we've been blessed.
3) I think as a generation of people who live in modern Singapore, we tend to forget who is the God we're serving. We live our lives in the manner of how we perceive God. as a generation of people, we tend to forget that our God is the God who parted the red sea and who raised people from the dead. who is man that he can go against God? and who are you? that you can live your life in such a slipshot manner when you profess God to be Lord of your life? I got jolted out of my comfortable doing-things-in-my-own-way-and-timing when i got reminded of this. And even when I feel irritated at something, I am much more aware to check my own heart and motives. I may not perfect, but having the awareness of the God I'm serving checks me even much quicker.
looking forward to the service on saturday 'cos i really love the worship songs. heh. yes, all worship songs can be used to worship God, 'cos ultimately, it's not just the songs, it's the heart. but we've got preferences sometimes, ya? haha.
oh speaking of which. I learned today that
4) The Word of God has the same power to change a person's life.. yet the soil of the person's heart determines the manifestation of that power in a person's life. The seed is the same. The soil determines if the flower blooms or wilts.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Jiali said this to me long time ago (when i was in J2 or something..haha. I wonder if she remembers). She told me (or mentioned that some pple..) get busy for the sake of being busy. Got reminded of it today while talking to a friend :)
I think in Singapore, some of us have the (mis)conception that being busy is good. It means you're productive. It means you're doing something. It means that you're hardworking. So basically, the word 'busy' is mostly associated with good connotations.
I guess, along the years I've learned that being busy is not necessarily good (of course, 'busy' people may disagree with me on this. haha) And being busy for the sake of being busy (for whatever reasons the person may wish to do so, perhaps to fool himself/herself into thinking that he/she's productive, perhaps to fool others into thinking that the person who's busy is needed everywhere.. ) is definitely not a good sign. It could be due to insecurity (having the need to base self-worth on the things you're doing) or due to the fact that one is hiding something or running away from something else.
That's not to say that we shy away from being busy. That we grumble when we've got lots of things to do and complain about the lack of time. No, I believe that much can be learned and done in busy periods as well.
It's just that, I guess, sometimes it's good to slow down and think. To plan. Especially to think. To make sense of things. To ponder through our motives. To wonder why we did certain things. Thinking is good. I like to think. So maybe that's why I feel it's good. But from observations around, it does seem that thinking is good :) (though brooding is not).
I do more things when I have time to settle down and think. To plan out things that need planning, to think about what i can do in some situations, to pray about situations which I face and ask God for wisdom, to just settle down and make sense of all the things that have happened thus far and to learn from them.
It's an art to be still I guess.
I think in Singapore, some of us have the (mis)conception that being busy is good. It means you're productive. It means you're doing something. It means that you're hardworking. So basically, the word 'busy' is mostly associated with good connotations.
I guess, along the years I've learned that being busy is not necessarily good (of course, 'busy' people may disagree with me on this. haha) And being busy for the sake of being busy (for whatever reasons the person may wish to do so, perhaps to fool himself/herself into thinking that he/she's productive, perhaps to fool others into thinking that the person who's busy is needed everywhere.. ) is definitely not a good sign. It could be due to insecurity (having the need to base self-worth on the things you're doing) or due to the fact that one is hiding something or running away from something else.
That's not to say that we shy away from being busy. That we grumble when we've got lots of things to do and complain about the lack of time. No, I believe that much can be learned and done in busy periods as well.
It's just that, I guess, sometimes it's good to slow down and think. To plan. Especially to think. To make sense of things. To ponder through our motives. To wonder why we did certain things. Thinking is good. I like to think. So maybe that's why I feel it's good. But from observations around, it does seem that thinking is good :) (though brooding is not).
I do more things when I have time to settle down and think. To plan out things that need planning, to think about what i can do in some situations, to pray about situations which I face and ask God for wisdom, to just settle down and make sense of all the things that have happened thus far and to learn from them.
It's an art to be still I guess.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Lord we need your grace and mercy
we need to pray like never before
we need the power of Your Holy Spirit
to open heaven's door
Spirit touch Your church
stir the hearts of man
revive us Lord
with Your passion once again
I want to care for others
like Jesus cares for me
let Your rain fall upon me
this was the recurring song in my head last week, and it was the worship song used in the first youth service on the sat that just passed :) think recently has been hearing a lot of news of family members meeting with mishaps/dying (brothers and sisters and friends..)
i think in my mind there exists a small corner which is conscious of the finality death and the futility in which we sometimes spend so much time doing things which do not last. probably trained by the modules i've taken through the past 2 years or perhaps, it's been something carried with me since secondary school. it doesn't exist as a depressing thought, but rather, it serves to remind me (sometimes..) that if i don't focus on the things that really matter (e.g. people's lives instead of watching anime), i may not have much time/chance to do that in the future.
my second tutorial of medical social work was much more enjoyable (since we've got our original tutor back!:D instead of the first tutor who very blatantly told me that it won't be 'fun' [--> referring to my comment tt i took this module for fun:P ] once i fail the module. so friendly :P). think i learned quite a lot from this tutorial (since it didn't involve much of weird policies that cause me to faint) about what it means to be in the field of the medical social worker.. things to look at, how to assess the situations.. intervention plans. yup. looking forward to learning much more :)
we need to pray like never before
we need the power of Your Holy Spirit
to open heaven's door
Spirit touch Your church
stir the hearts of man
revive us Lord
with Your passion once again
I want to care for others
like Jesus cares for me
let Your rain fall upon me
this was the recurring song in my head last week, and it was the worship song used in the first youth service on the sat that just passed :) think recently has been hearing a lot of news of family members meeting with mishaps/dying (brothers and sisters and friends..)
i think in my mind there exists a small corner which is conscious of the finality death and the futility in which we sometimes spend so much time doing things which do not last. probably trained by the modules i've taken through the past 2 years or perhaps, it's been something carried with me since secondary school. it doesn't exist as a depressing thought, but rather, it serves to remind me (sometimes..) that if i don't focus on the things that really matter (e.g. people's lives instead of watching anime), i may not have much time/chance to do that in the future.
my second tutorial of medical social work was much more enjoyable (since we've got our original tutor back!:D instead of the first tutor who very blatantly told me that it won't be 'fun' [--> referring to my comment tt i took this module for fun:P ] once i fail the module. so friendly :P). think i learned quite a lot from this tutorial (since it didn't involve much of weird policies that cause me to faint) about what it means to be in the field of the medical social worker.. things to look at, how to assess the situations.. intervention plans. yup. looking forward to learning much more :)
Monday, September 08, 2008
I think it is absolutely troublesome when one doesn't have one's laptop with him/her.. especially when most of the information are contained in the laptop.. it's as if a proper part of the person's life is gone (the planning part) and what's left is the need to tackle only what the person has on hand at that moment (which can really amount to some boring things such as reading about the history of psychology - some parts are alright, some are unpredictable, but i guess that's straying away from the point which i'm trying to make).
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Just finished presentation not long ago :) 25% over. Think my group was great.. haha. quite efficient. Quite open to fun ideas as well. And everyone worked hard together. heh.
I like the tagline I gave it! (Welcome to the Baby-babble Talkshow - where child talk is our main talk.)
Oh well. It's over :) On to another assignment/s.
And i think chi's a girl. 'cos the one at hq is a girl. and their behinds look similar. oh well.
I like the tagline I gave it! (Welcome to the Baby-babble Talkshow - where child talk is our main talk.)
Oh well. It's over :) On to another assignment/s.
And i think chi's a girl. 'cos the one at hq is a girl. and their behinds look similar. oh well.
Recently, I've been more careful about the kind of media I watch (still reading 'Not even a hint' and still not finishing up the writing of the article. hehe). I think one guideline that has helped me (besides knowing that God watches what I watch) is that whatever I watch should be material that I will not be afraid of letting everyone watch along with me. And I should not have to need to explain for the material in it (sadly, this criteria would have meant that I would not have watched Ouran high school host club. hahaa)
I think it's useful :) You can use it too if you want :)
I think it's useful :) You can use it too if you want :)
Typing this post 'cos I'm procrastinating from doing the final touch-ups on my presentation slides for tomorrow..
My mum has taken to picking chi up and carrying chi around the house once in a while. I've taken to carrying chi to look out of the window when he's having a temper. So now chi is picked up several times a day. I hope he likes being picked up. hhahaha.
The guy at the pet shop asked me if I only buy canned food for Chi.. hehe. I don't actually. I bought dry food for him too.. except that there was still quite a bit left at the time when he asked me about it. Now the dry food is 'drying' up, I'm contemplating if I should buy it again.. considering that Chi doesn't eat it as his main food... but then again, it's convenient to leave dry food there for Chi to eat whenever he's hungry (which seems to be quite often). Maybe I don't feed him enough?
I have absolutely no idea why Chi likes to jump onto my laptop.. perhaps he likes the warmth provided by the laptop? O.oll
Yay. Got the chance to backup sing with Guan Rui for the 13th. First time since both of us got into the ministry. Thank God for this brother :) Looking forward to learning much from you!
Chi has taken to the bad habit of taking me as a tree to climb up upon. Now I've got scratches not just on my thighs and hands, i've got them on my back and my torso as well. It's not very pleasant when bathing time comes.
Amused how it's true that cats like to play with strings. I have no idea why. haha.
-A tender thought, a caring deed
a gift of love to one in need-
School has become more distant nowadays (what with things going beyond my control). There're readings that have not been read (but are of no consequence if they're read or not as of yet), and project (due a long way off, but nevertheless, due some time or another) that has not be done. Having four modules feel quite strange after last semester's heavy workload due to learning japanese. I've got lots to read, and find myself having no time to read them. I've got lots to plan, and find myself having no peace of mind to plan. I have lots to figure out, and find myself already figuring out things almost every second of the day (unless I'm playing games or sleeping). I need to get out of the stage of fire-fighting into the stage of planning, and yet there are many small fires still waiting to be fought.
Thank God that things are moving in the counter ministry :) when both the pastoral and team ministry are looking for the same person to rise up, it creates a certain sort of tension. Glad to have the chance to know this brother a bit more, as well as to be able to communicate the need in counter ministry at this moment. I think it frustrates me when I find that people have a fixated idea of the importance of pastoral ministry over team ministry. But again, I had that same idea in the past.
I am still a pastoral person (of which I mean that given a choice, my heart belongs to the pastoral side, rather than the team side), but both team and pastoral ministry, we are serving the same God. We have the same aim, with different methods. So yes, don't compromise on either side.
Yup, but glad that counter ministry is moving ahead. Sent someone off for team captain's course at the very last minute (with some help from lean choo liaising with the education department) and got the feedback from him that he enjoyed the course. Hope that he can learn much from it and bless the people in the ministry when he comes back.
-you take Him high
you take Him low
you take JC wherever you go-
David and Florence and Yenling and Serene are in Hong Kong. Michelle's going to Hong Kong tomorrow. So are a few other sisters and brothers (including those having lessons O.o).
Renewed interest and desire to work with children with special needs (specifically in the area of autism). An added desire to want to work with children in the area of speech therapy. Wondering if I should apply for DISE, or whether I should just go into rainbow centre first, then get sent for DISE after half a year.
Apply first, then see how ba :)
Okay, finished procrastinating. Need to do up slides soon, or else I won't be able to wake up in the morning =)
My mum has taken to picking chi up and carrying chi around the house once in a while. I've taken to carrying chi to look out of the window when he's having a temper. So now chi is picked up several times a day. I hope he likes being picked up. hhahaha.
The guy at the pet shop asked me if I only buy canned food for Chi.. hehe. I don't actually. I bought dry food for him too.. except that there was still quite a bit left at the time when he asked me about it. Now the dry food is 'drying' up, I'm contemplating if I should buy it again.. considering that Chi doesn't eat it as his main food... but then again, it's convenient to leave dry food there for Chi to eat whenever he's hungry (which seems to be quite often). Maybe I don't feed him enough?
I have absolutely no idea why Chi likes to jump onto my laptop.. perhaps he likes the warmth provided by the laptop? O.oll
Yay. Got the chance to backup sing with Guan Rui for the 13th. First time since both of us got into the ministry. Thank God for this brother :) Looking forward to learning much from you!
Chi has taken to the bad habit of taking me as a tree to climb up upon. Now I've got scratches not just on my thighs and hands, i've got them on my back and my torso as well. It's not very pleasant when bathing time comes.
Amused how it's true that cats like to play with strings. I have no idea why. haha.
-A tender thought, a caring deed
a gift of love to one in need-
School has become more distant nowadays (what with things going beyond my control). There're readings that have not been read (but are of no consequence if they're read or not as of yet), and project (due a long way off, but nevertheless, due some time or another) that has not be done. Having four modules feel quite strange after last semester's heavy workload due to learning japanese. I've got lots to read, and find myself having no time to read them. I've got lots to plan, and find myself having no peace of mind to plan. I have lots to figure out, and find myself already figuring out things almost every second of the day (unless I'm playing games or sleeping). I need to get out of the stage of fire-fighting into the stage of planning, and yet there are many small fires still waiting to be fought.
Thank God that things are moving in the counter ministry :) when both the pastoral and team ministry are looking for the same person to rise up, it creates a certain sort of tension. Glad to have the chance to know this brother a bit more, as well as to be able to communicate the need in counter ministry at this moment. I think it frustrates me when I find that people have a fixated idea of the importance of pastoral ministry over team ministry. But again, I had that same idea in the past.
I am still a pastoral person (of which I mean that given a choice, my heart belongs to the pastoral side, rather than the team side), but both team and pastoral ministry, we are serving the same God. We have the same aim, with different methods. So yes, don't compromise on either side.
Yup, but glad that counter ministry is moving ahead. Sent someone off for team captain's course at the very last minute (with some help from lean choo liaising with the education department) and got the feedback from him that he enjoyed the course. Hope that he can learn much from it and bless the people in the ministry when he comes back.
-you take Him high
you take Him low
you take JC wherever you go-
David and Florence and Yenling and Serene are in Hong Kong. Michelle's going to Hong Kong tomorrow. So are a few other sisters and brothers (including those having lessons O.o).
Renewed interest and desire to work with children with special needs (specifically in the area of autism). An added desire to want to work with children in the area of speech therapy. Wondering if I should apply for DISE, or whether I should just go into rainbow centre first, then get sent for DISE after half a year.
Apply first, then see how ba :)
Okay, finished procrastinating. Need to do up slides soon, or else I won't be able to wake up in the morning =)