The Sky never was the Limit...with God

12:55 AM

27 days

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I have that number of days left to the EXAM. Not that it is utterly impossible to cover 193 lectures of content, integrate and apply the knowledge to situations and scenarios, in addition to honing an exquisite skill of recognising and recalling details of microorganisms given a visual trigger i.e. a picture, and do all of that within the stipulated time limit, which is actually rather limited, but it is indeed a challenge. I commit this period into your hands, God. I can't do much else. Each day is a new day with new challenges and new blessings to be thankful for and for that, I truly praise Him. Amen!

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10:04 PM

a Breather

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I thank God for a chance to pause and relax, even if just for a short while. The trip to Awana and Genting was indeed well-timed and it was just so fun to hang out with my good friends and chill, literally and figuratively.

Times are hectic, but it all boils down to how much time you want to throw into your studies, which will depend on what kind of grades you’re aiming for, which will depend on your goals and motivations; whether you want to excel or not, it’s all up to you.

I want to do the best I can, with help from above.

There has to be a balance, and it is right now. Settled pictures and collages and uploads. A whole new set of lecture notes just came in, so it’s back to the editing stage for me after this post.

Chinese New Year is like tomorrow, and there will inevitably be lots of eating (No……).

My whole body is aching after a 22-hour period of being awake, that included 3 hours of badminton, plus plenty of travelling, and walking around Genting on foot, at 11:30pm to pass by the helipad. Hahaha. We were like chilling ourselves at the Coffee Bean after walking to find it (circling Genting for half an hour). As the years pass, the group that comes for our annual gathering gets smaller. Sad, of course, but for those who come, the time spent together becomes even more meaningful. After all, you can’t laugh about the times you played till 4am laughing like crazy, not feeling sleepy despite the natural laws of energy usage and defying the usual norms, to every one of your friends. Some friends are more special than others.

God has been good to me. I haven’t fallen sick. Neither have I been involved in anything nasty or debilitating. My family is intact, strong and healthy. My friends are comforting and supportive. The important ones are safe. There have been many instances when there was divine intervention in the course of my daily life. Prayer is a powerful weapon that we often underuse. Studies are progressing at a good rate, which will be upped over the next 40 days up to the period of the examination. My notes are going to finally come to the end – all 193 sets of notes. If I had not edited the notes, I would have had an extra 200 odd hours to do other stuff. But I have no regrets. Edited notes are clearer and easier to read, in addition to saving my paper and printer toner and reducing my carrying weight. I constantly pray for wisdom and strength for I am unable to survive without either attribute.

The next week of holiday shall pose a challenge. Praise God for the determination to continue to push on! Till then.

- - - - - - Pictures - - - - - -

The Trip.

in the middle of the night.

In IMU

meet an energy-drained Charlyene. She's usually FULL of energy. Poor thing. =/

I just had to take a picture of the three of them with their legs like that.

apparently Salha is entering the modelling business

Some more of our lecturers.

with Chien Chong and Jia Yi. She dyed her hair. Ooo.

3-week-late-to-upload pictures. Haha.

From our beloved mentor. All the way from Sri Lanka!

The chocolates are from Tim. And the biscuit (unfolded love letter?) from Ee Von. So nice of them.

TUNA went to a CNY dinner. It was great! Hahahaha =)

and that concludes this blog post. Perhaps if I posted more often, the posts would take less time. Oh well. *shrugs*

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1:02 AM

Boom! 2012

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I literally ushered the New Year in studying. At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2012, I was studying. Lol. And will be studying all the way till the exams are over. There is not enough time left. A hundred and ninety-six lectures to cover within a span of 40-odd effective days (having excluded some days for CNY and non-productivity). That's like four days for each of the ten themes. In other words: NOT Enough Time.

But God has been good. =)
Thank God for the realisation that I need to study more. And thank God I passed the recent test, though there still is room for improvement (as always).
Thank God for great health and for great friends.
Thank God for life.

Gordon is in NS now. House is rather quiet in his absence. =/

On an unrelated note, I shall note to myself that I always scrimp and save so I can buy nice stuff. It's like a reward for saving with the thrill that comes when I buy something nice. E.g. a nice meal/drink/tech gadget. Haha. Signing off. It's 1am. Early to bed, early to rise... when both times are in the morning.. this applies to those who need to study a lot. =.='

and this is something I made for Vanessa. It's nice! =D

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1:09 AM

a Five Minute Post

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Can I do it? There are 5 minutes to the last tourney horn of the tournament. Then to Bed. Badminton tomorrow morning. It has been a whirlwind the past few days. Time flies. Exceptionally when you're having fun.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was indeed inspiring, both mentally and linguistically. A feast for the logical and those who like to analyse things, I enjoyed the movie a lot.

We were at Fraser's for two days, too. It was totally fun. =) We did stuff that no IMU student would be doing during the holidays (I think), like eating simple food cooked over open flames in cold weather. Braving the fog, mist and rain - we were literally in the rain because we were in the clouds as the rain dropped from within the cloud, so we got wet too. Food tastes so much better when you have to cook it in the cold winds. Hahaha. Under an umbrella. =D

Fraser's Pictures.

It's THAT misty.

Time passes too fast.

I have to realign my priorities yet again. And there is little time left to the final showdown. It is imperative that things get done. FAST. God, I pray for a blessed new year for me and my family and my friends, that you will bless us oh so much, and that you will enlarge our territories, and that your Hand will be upon us, and that you will keep us from evil. Amen!

2011 has been an eventful year full of changes, and 2012 is set to be an even better year! Here's to a wonderful year of hard work ahead! *clinks toast glass*

Done. 5 minutes. Without the pictures. Lol.

p.s. Pictures took me another 15 minutes. Need faster internet. Lol. Goodnight.

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11:47 PM

Christmas 2011

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It's Jesus's birthday! And here I am sitting down feeling stuffed after a Christmas lunch with my cellgroup members. Church service was a very carol-ly awesome affair with loads of handshaking and a good reminder about the ways God uses (which are often not the norm) to bring about His sovereign plan to come to pass.

My Christmas present from the WiFi router was to finally allow my laptop to connect to the wireless network (which is why I get to blog right now). Thank God too for a new planner for 2012! And I was all prepared to recycle my 2011 planner (that I had already drawn out the whole calendar on in the unused space)

I have had a very fun-filled weekend. =) Outings and chat sessions and badminton and movie. Thank God for great friends =)

Praise the Lord for an absolutely AWESOME Christmas production, Two From Galilee, which was an amazing success! The whole crew and cast worked their hearts out and for the three nights, it was, in the words of Nigel, (our manager who gives speeches to inspire us and stuff like that, really good stuff) a well-oiled machine. We just kept rolling on and gave our 100%. God is good. I thank God for my friends who managed to make it too.

some exclusive shots from the crew's perspective

we had Loads of FUN too.

The past month has been pretty eventful, with my running to Lowyat and the adjacent buildings about 6 or 7 times to get some issues settled and some gifts purchased, and the month also saw the first ever Formative OSCE being held for my batch in IMU. Thank God I managed to get through it pretty well. =) My batch is the guinea pig batch for the new syllabus, and there are bound to be bugs and glitches, and yes, there were some. Issues are being ironed out as time goes on, with assurance that each day will bring improvements. Thank God for a great batch representative that really takes the initiative and has the drive to get things done.

I also fell victim to viral fever twice over 14 days in the past month, but thank God for His healing hands, and for prayers from friends. =)
Right now I have a nagging feeling that I should settle this blog post as fast as I can so I can move on to other stuff so I will be able to finish my studying later. I have like 2 months to cover the syllabus of the whole semester (which is actually two semesters plus plus combined into one semester under the new syllabus) so I can be adequately prepared for the end of Semester exam, which is the real McCoy.

Some Shots.

Badminton gatherings!