my mind is now a tabula rasa. its amazing i can even remember that word now. it means blank. my brain is a sift. wif veri large holes. oh btw i'm toking abt the o lvl chinese paper which is tml. i mean like.. i seriously cant think. i think i better rest now. jus played 2 games of halo. i'm turning mad. i think i better let my mind rest now.
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its half an hour later. and 50 chengyus later too.
today.
today's lessons in church were quite colourful. uncle cher yam's lesson was nt bad. Hermaneutics. hmm.. i learned another arguement for the side of not using instruments in music today: abel's sacrifice was acceptable and not cain's. their sacrifices were a form of worship, and cain's was rejected. yeah.. so our today's form of worship can be rejected too if it is nt acceptable in God's sight.
the 3 versus on Bible Authority:
1 Peter 3:15
2 Tim 3:16
Colossians 3:17
my brain simply loves stuff liddat. 15, 16, 17.
sermon today. lol. i've sorta been waiting for a sermon liddat.
3 women died and appeared in heaven. Peter was waiting for them there. "There are a lot of ducks there. Pls do nt step on any of them. sure enuf, when Peter opened the gates, the whole land was covered wif ducks. the first woman was nt careful and accidentally stepped on a duck. Peter brought the ugliest man she had ever seen and chained him to her. the remaining 2 women were extremely cautious now. however, the next day, the 2nd woman stepped on a duck and was chained to another ugly man. the 3rd woman got super cautious. she did nt step on any duck for abt a year. then one day, Peter came and chained the most good-looking man she had ever seen to him. and he left without saying a word. the woman was speechless. she said to the man, "this is the best thing that has ever happened to me."
man: "i dunno abt u, but i stepped on a duck."
yeah. this sermon has realised that the desire to be good looking and beautiful and succesful are only a part of us. however, the most impt thing is the be popular in God's sight, because God looks at the inner man.
one day remains. wish me luck!! it'll all be over by 3:30 tml. ok cya!!
i like rain. it feels fun to stay inside a cosy house while its raining cats and dogs outside. ergh. but nt when ur sick. haha.. the irony is tt i'm listening to
the corrs - summer sunshine as i write this.. haha
jus came back from grade 6 theory exam.. i must say this year they sorta changed some stuff in the paper.. it was slightly more difficult than the practice papers i did... but even so can do :P 3h is a long time to do any exam paper. i jus left after 2h. heh.
another thing i noticed is tt in tt same room wif grade 6, 7, and 8 pple, there were a few hu were in primary school. there even was a girl there hu when she sat down, her legs dint touch the floor. prodigies. oh and girls outnumber guys 3 : 1. haha.
1 down, 1 more to go, 2 more days.
whee!! today was a fun day.
even so, my nose is nt sparing my brain from lagging in its feeble attempt to study chinese. anyway, today we did quite a lot of stuff in school. we met our nxt yr's class teacher and pastoral care tutors (asst. CTs). yeah. u can read more abt it on my school blog.. but half of its is gibberish tt u probably cant understand.
today i oso finally realised how to create distortion wif my electric guitar amplifier!!! yay. and i realised tt my amp actually has a knob that adjusts volume. lol. so my amp aint tt useless after all.
oh, and i'd like to thank all the caring pple out there.. i nvr expected tags to encourage me.. thx a lot!!! hope u enjoy reading my blog too.
3 days to complete freedom. cyaz!!
achoo.
these few days i finally managed to get myself off a bout of depression. yay.
but tt doesnt stop my nose from running non stop and causing my body to feel weak. ugh. cant wait for these 4 days to be over. tml, last day of sch. sat, music exam. sunday i'll be mugging for chinese O lvls the nxt day and yes, the doomsday on monday. ergh. the cold weather isnt helping either. today i ponned school along wif abt 5+ other pple from my class lol. jus spent the whole day slacking at home and playing electric guitar. dint study much chinese. need a break.
yeah.. the hols are so near, yet seem so far away. jus need to hang on now. ok cya.
heyhey.
i'm free yet still enslaved. this year i noticed that studying for exams realli takes a toll on me.. and guess wad.. its nt over yet.. still got tt chinese Os. oh and tt grade 6 theory exam on saturday. musnt forget. paid $100 for it. falling sick, suffering from depression... i dunno wad wud happen to me when i go to IB (equilavent of JC).
maybe i shud jus learn to take it easy lah.. today i did something different haha. i came back from sch and took a nap, then heng min came over. thot i had no exams and could play haha. so today i decided to slack. i jus took a peek into my chinese book and spent the rest of the night playing guitar. nahahaha. i managed to repair my veri-long-nvr-play grade 6 pieces. heh. and oso managed to almost complete another piece wif a standard close to diploma. yay. after 4 long months. well then.. altho today started off a bit bad, everything turned out ok i guess..now i'm jus going to continue to slack and maybe edit my project work survey a bit. yeah.
ok then tts all for today. gd nite and God Bless.
What a day.
i woke up today a little groggy from nt having a single day to sleep in late this week. went for 8am worship, and listened to jon goh's youth camp talk. my brain was still asleep when he was talking to me abt devotions. still have no idea wad to do for devotions.. any suggestions pls tell me :P
today's timothy class went quite well too... taught them abt creativity, and see who can wrap up an egg such tt it doesnt break. yeah.
after church we went to ginza for lunch then i went home to get ready for tonite. the installations of elders and deacons was truly a inspirational experience. some of the messages were so touching :') one of the significant things i remember is that each one of the elders and deacons were given a towel. this towel symbolises the towel used by Jesus to wash the feet of his disciples. servant leadership.
okay, u must wonder how i feel abt my father. somehow everytime he goes on stage it seems funny. hahahaha. this morning he was fiddling wif the laptop. then tonite he took out his paper in a funny way. lolz. honestly, i dun remember a word of the affirmation my father was reading, but i believe that my father will do his best to serve the church. i feel so happy for my father :)
after the service there was a buffet dinner. whenever got opportunity to arrange a feast, singaporeans will haha. after that we went up to the auditorium to do a bit of singing. i must say, i havent heard such gd singing in a veri long time. so joyful :)
after tonite, i definitely must say the cracks in me caused by distance from church and God are slowly being repaired.
yeah... tts all for today. cya guys.
hello again!!
last nite's 40th anniversary dinner was a blast!! yeah. ok heres today's topic.. teaching Bible class. haha. i've been teaching the Timothy class this year on the last sunday of every month. this being my first time trying to teach, obviously it wasnt tt successful. the class is also quite small, most students i had was 10, least being 6. quite difficult. you look at the teaching materials and go, "wad has this got to do wif Christianity?" the suggested activities are oso mostly for kids, and timothy class is p4 - p6. nt veri gd for somebody hu prepares his stuff on saturday nite. need better time management. i'm oso nt sumbody hu likes to beat around the bush, and i like to go straight to the point. no wonder my lessons last 5 minutes.
tonite my mom helped me a great deal for tml's lesson, so i hope i can jus do my best to teach. oh and my mom helping me oso means a great deal of scolding too haha. heres my lesson plan for tml.
Creativity (wad has this got to do wif Christianity?) (nah, but if u look closely, u can find examples.)
1. I will use my talents for good and for God.
Exodus 36 – building the tabernacle1 So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded."
2 Chronicles 2 – building the temple during the reign of Solomon7 "Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled craftsmen, whom my father David provided.
You can have creativity, but use it for the wrong purposes, e.g. WMD
2. I will see things from more than one perspective
Matthew 22: 15 – 22 – Paying taxes to Caesar
more than 1 angle, but most impt: spiritual perspective
3. I will use God’s principles to solve problems
Daniel 1: 8 – 16 – Daniel’s training in Babylon
i. principle = unclean and clean food
ii. did not want to get the guards into trouble
iii. therefore he proposed a solution that did not compromise his principles, and with God’s help, he was successful.
iv. God’s solution is the best solution
4. I will learn all I can
Ecclesiastes 12: 9 – 14 – the end of Solomon’s pondering; conclusion = Fear God and keep his commandments
Studying Bible as to eating food
5. I will look for new ways to be a person of character
Sometimes we need to look at ourselves and our behaviour towards others and correct any behaviour that is not good in God’s sight.
Heres my bit of filosophy!!
Talents can be divided into:
Sports
Music and Arts
Knowledge/wisdom
Character (sociability, encouragement)
Which category does your talent fall into? Use it for God’s glory
ok.. 90% of the stuff here is my mom's stuff, so credit goes to u mom!!
2nd blog
hi all.. it's me again.
you may think tt i have a lot of time, or jus bored. i think u're right.
okay i created this blog specially for church frens to view only, cos i think u all cant understand half the gibberish i talk abt on my current blog. i also want to see how my writing style changes when i write a blog for the audience of church frens onli.
heres a short intro to me.
i'm currently studying at ACS(I), jus finished exams and have quite a bit of free time. i'm 15 this year, and i'll be doing my pre-IB year 2 nxt yr. for those of you who are not sure, ACS(I) is offering a through train programme which allows us to jus go straight to do the International Bachalaureate(wadeva) diploma (IB dip). which means no O lvls!! haha.
yeah.. i'm jus testing this out.. cos i nt sure how many pple wud actually read this blog, cos everybody is still having Os and As, and many of ur blogs out there are lagging.. lol. anyway, stay tuned. if this blog is un-updated, u can always read my other blog for ur daily dose of guitar crapping.
oh did i mention i play guitar? yah, i do.
