Tuesday, April 15, 2008
15th April 2008
Const, Wing, Clare and I stayed over the weekend to study in school. Since we camped in school, we didn't really want to travel to places beyond Jurong Point. So on Sunday, Consts, Wing and i decided to go to City Harvest for service. I wouldn't want to miss out on God's word over the exams yes! Service was awesome. God's presence was so strong. Well, even though I didn't know 90% of the songs they sang, the lyrics were meaningful. :)
The deputy senior pastor, I forgot his name (not Pastor KH), preached the word of God. He talked about prayer and the importance of prayer and just being in God's presence. It was apt and concised. He mentioned this "Even though we know so much theories about prayer, but some of us never do anything about it." One take home message was: our roots are not from te earth, they'll vanish. But our roots are in heaven, moving with God. It's better to say 5 words with understanding, than to say a thousand words without understanding. Hence, the point of it all is to pray and DWELL in the presence of God. Only when we're plugged into God, the holy spirit will guide us.
10 mosquitoes gave me a birthday present each.YES, I have 10 mozzie bites altogether! Extremly itchy I tell you. Everywhere I go, a tube of mopiko is in my bag.
Happy Birthday to me! And to all other 15 April babies around the world. heh.
I complained non-stop and was a little moody yesterday because I thought I couldn't enjoy my birthday. I spent the whole day studying in the tutorial room with Clare, Wing and Jacky... Felt a little emotional and irritated. But they really cracked me up over lunch together with Consts. Laughter is theraputic, a form of release. haha. Oh by the way, NTU has really good food now. It has Subway, Canadian Pizza, Sakae Sushi, Palette and Old Chang Kee - come and join me for lunch/ dinner one day! Hurhur. We headed out for dinner at Sakae Sushi. Pretty concept, good ambience, extremely big. Heh. Since it was my birthday, Jacky decided to treat me to Sakae Sushi! YAY! I enjoyed myself being myself. haha. So I did enjoy myself after all.
I went back to hall after dinner yesterday, my mummy said she has something to pass to me. Well, since I was still very moody and a little stressed over the paper, I thought she wanted to give me tonics for the exam or something. haha. When she came, she passed me this FED-EX box. Whooo.. a present from overseas. And I saw Huifen's name on it. I remember that time I hinted to her that I wanted a couple gift from Mike and her. Maybe this is it. haha.. I immediately went up to open it. :)
And I saw this Macbook box, I opened it and it read:
I was really excited and surprised. I spent a good 15-20 minutes looking through the book. Ahhh.. Super sweet. The book travelled from Shanghai to US to Singapore... Inside the book were messages and well wishes from my closes friends. I was very very touched. Cos Joey doesn't really know half of the people in the book. But he managed to contact them all with the help from my bestie, Von. Heh, I kept smiling when I read the messages and looked at the photos.
Halfway through the book, Cheems said "Oh.. it's finally here." *and smiled at me*
Me: "You know about it?"
Cheems: "Ya."
Me: "How did it all happen?"
Cheems: "You finish reading first lah.. heh."
So when I was finally done with it, Chee May said this was done about a month ago. Joey actually sent out an email to all of them. Haha. I read the email and I was like "Awwww..." Whar, to coordinate something like this takes a lot of patience and hardwork. Thank you, Joey! heehee. I love it. hurhur.
Add ons: Thank you von for helping to get the contacts, thank you huifen for sending it over. ;)
The cover page of the loveliest present/surprise among the many recieved on my 21st.
Blessed! :)
When the clock struck 12, Joey called. Haha. Immediately after he put down, Zhi called. She said her timing is good... She said she planned the timing beforehand so she wouldn't clash with Joey. haha. So sweet.
On this very special day, I had my first exam paper! It was early in the morning. Cheemay and HongXin woke up earlier than me to prepare breakfast for me! You know, like AI XIN CHAN. (read in chinese). It was bread with ham and cheese and microwaved! Although it was a simple breakfast, I haven't had such a "good" breakfast since the start of the sem. haha. They wanted to make English Breakfast for me, but I had to go off for my exam. I wouldn't have enjoyed the long, slow breakfast because my mind will be on the exam.
Well, God is good. The paper was alright. Not all the questions were straightforward though. BUT, I didn't cry after the exam. Instead, I was happy. :) Haha. I'm supposed to be sleeping now and resting before I go back to the tutorial room to find the rest. But I'm really blessed beyond words and I am extremely happy. haha.
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2:19 PM
The cover page of the loveliest present/surprise among the many recieved on my 21st.
Blessed! :)