Should I or should I not..

Been asking myself, whether am I ready for what I hold inside. Whether it's God's will in this... situation. Been committing to Him for some time now, but still don't really have an answer. Thinking and praying about it many times throughout the day. Still asking myself whether it's God's will for this to come about, and if so, what is He trying to say to me, teach me. Will it come to something that I've wished for, or something else entirely? Hope to find out His plan for this soon, as time is more or less running out. Patience is still a virtue I'm lacking sometimes. Lend me wisdom, patience and understanding in this matter, Oh Lord. And let me never lose focus of You in my days.

"And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light" Colossians 1:10-12

The first 2 days.

Nothing much over the last few days. Managed to attend sunday's service in full, during which Pastor talked about Why Is Life Unfair. I guess a lot of us have this question in our minds at one point or the other. Even me, during my earlier days when I just came back to the Lord. I didn't really know much then. Still growing in my walk, still learning. Something Joyce commented on the bus ride to clementi earlier today. That the day we stop growing is the day we die. Something that struck me deep down. Back to the sermon, Pastor continued on to say (or rather ask), why did God allow bad people to do bad things on good people? And who's the good, who's the bad? We essentially are "bad" in our own ways. For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. But the good news is, according to God's love and plan, all can be saved. According to God's love and plan, and not our own. (Someone pls enlighten me on which passage this is, thanks ü) Quoting from Proverbs 14:12 also, which talks about a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. Religion is man's way to salvation; Christianity is God's way. Christ said in John 14:6 that He's the way, the truth and the life, that no one goes to the Father except through Him. Another point to note: He expects only constant progression, not instant perfection. Guess it reiterates the point I made earlier, that we are all constantly growing. If interested to find out more, talk to me ü

First 2 days of guitar lessons went smoothly. Good progression for the beginners class. Joshua's (the instructor) very patient, considering his experience in playing. Guess that comes with experience in teaching also, heh. Taught chords for Sun Yanzi's version for Hey Jude, and some song by Green Day earlier today. Really have to give thanks for the number that signed up for the classes: 17 for monday, 14 today. Monday's more than expected, which means I don't really have to sign up to top up the number. Still considering whether I should, though. Money's not the issue, rather what I can gain is. Will be helping out in both classes anyway, so maybe not now. Maybe when they start learning songs, then I'll sign up, heh.

Dinner as usual after the class ended. Popped by clementi to eat at mac with Eliz and Joyce. Then headed to the bank's auto lobby to settle some stuff. Big bookshop's next on our minds, more to get Joyce's print cartridge. Have not really seen many branches around lately. These days, it's more of Popular, which a visiting lecturer in my secondary 4 holiday english class termed "Unpopular". Lol. Browsed around also till closing time, also picked up a box of clips for my notes. Time to start sorting out my pile of notes lying beside my bed. Urgh.. Still got lots of newspaper articles I collected for the last few years lying around also, waiting to be sorted and pasted into my scrapbooks. Still have to hit my books. Time management will be essential. Help me, Oh Lord, to prioritise my time wisely.

"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all" Isaiah 53:6

Sitting on a smoking bus

Been another couple of days since my last post, nothing much really happened I guess. More signups from the freshies on thursday and friday during the lunch period we camped at the student lounge. Last count from Joyce when I smsed her was 12 for monday's class, and 15 for tuesday's. Thank God we got the numbers we need to begin the class. Have to keep praying that the numbers will not fall.

Read on her blog that she wants to see more souls harvested, and I agree. Have to keep praying for a bountiful harvest. And of course, more workers to help reap it. Therefore help me, Oh Lord, to live my life according to Your Word, that I can help sow the seed and reap it when the seeds bear fruit. Have to know the Lord more, on a deeper level, have to draw closer to Him and just learn how to allow the Spirit to work in me, to just submit to His Will.

Work on saturday was boring to say the least. 8 hours of eating nothing but "eggs". Zip sales, for like the 3rd time since I started working for Epson last year. Hope later today, it won't be the same case. I need sales to boost my november salary. Realised the need for more ram for my com, as well as a 250-300gb hdd and a dvd writer. Hopefully can get them during sitex when they should be cheaper.

Sermon during Miracle Service spoke about the 2 judgements in the world. Justice demands a judgement day for the sins of the world. 1st judgement happened 2000 years ago, when Christ was crucified on the cross. And the 2nd one is coming. A time that is still unknown, but is soon. Come a day when everyone in the world will be judged according to his/her deeds. And there's still so many people who have not known of the Gospel of Christ yet in this world. It'll be so sad to see them condemned to hell just because they do not know of the Word of God. Will you be one of them? Know that through faith and belief in Christ Jesus, your sins will be washed away, and your life will begin anew. And your name will be written in the Book of Life, that you shall live forever with the Lord in a place that will bear no sorrow, no tears, no sadness, no death. Instead, there you'll find joy and peace, on a level you've yet to experience in your life. Extracts from Revelation. Will you take that step, my dear reader? If so, pray this simple prayer with me. Taken from "More than a carpenter": Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for me. I confess those things in my life that aren't pleasing to you and ask you to forgive me and cleanse me. Right now, in the best way I know how, I open the door of my heart and life and trust you as my saviour and Lord. Take over the control of my life. Change me from the inside out. Make me the type of person you created me to be. Thank you for coming into my life by faith. Amen.
Talk to a Christian friend. If you know me personally, you can talk to me also. Will be happy to share ü.

Dinner after miracle service ended followed as usual. $4.20 plate of noodle plus assortment of stuff on it a la nasi lemak, without the rice, heh. Walked to central to work off the stuffing and squeezed onto 27 outside the UOB building. But the journey turned out to be horrible. A few stops later, all the passengers on board can sell smoke. A second later, smoke appeared, and the bus driver had to make an emergency stop just outside of central. Guess the smoke got to me, cos I was choking on it. Not really sure what caused the smoke, but I suspect it could be burning circuitry from somewhere. Everyone scrambled onto the grass and pavement beside the road waiting for another 27 to come, which did a while later. Thus came along the great Bus no 27 rush to try and squeeze onboard. Remainder of bus ride was uneventiful, thank God. Actually feared the bus that caught fire might just combust into a ball of flame anytime.

It's getting late. Still want to do my quiet time, which has been lacking of late. Morning service at 9am. Want to be there early to share in worship. Missed that feeling a lot. Good night, y'all. God bless.

"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which was the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:11-15

Things are starting to pile

Been a few days since my last post. Been really busy, that's why I couldn't really post earlier. Club matters mostly, but also started on my school work. Yes, you heard right. Me starting on my revision and reading on the 2nd week of the school term. Can't afford to make the same mistakes as last year, when I started way way too late. And I got 5 modules, all of a qualitative nature, so I have to start early so I can digest them fully by the time mocks come around. 8 solid months non-stop of studying and school. Pray for me, will ya? For strength to last this period of time, wisdom to understand what I'm studying and to manage my time properly.

Went with Peiwen to get her printer from Sim Lim on monday, since she can't make it on the other days that she originally proposed. Epson C65, since she's on a budget. Bargained for her since I know the people there. After all, I brought them lots of sales over the last weekend, heh. 2 bucks off was all I got, but can't really help much cos she's using a credit card to make the payment, which incurs additional charges on the shop's side. Btw, anyone need a printer, look for me k? :Þ

Prayer meeting during lunch time on tuesday came and went. Prayed for the school, for all the Lord has done for us so far, and for a new vision/direction for this coming year. Can't really do much by our own strength, so have to rely on the Lord for the strength we need. Guitar workshop followed later on in the afternoon. Got some spare time in between so decided to study my isdm reading material. Printed on small fonts, so in the end my eyes got tired and I had to rest them. Decided instead to work on my IBM assignment due friday. Sheesh, still have to type it out. Handwriting's messy, and I don't think Nageb can read or understand my scribbling, lol. Hope I did ok for it.

Initially wanted to crash soci lecture in the morning, but being a sleepy person of late, I couldn't get up till like 9. Decided to get ready and head to school, since I got stuff to print. Lunch alone followed, then got a call from Elicia telling me to meet her in the atrium. Apparently, Joyce told her that I was eyeing miniature guitars by one of the stalls at the bazaar. Wanted to get one as a birthday gift to myself, since it's coming, but Elicia had other ideas. Thanks ü. Didn't imply that I wanted someone to get it for me when I mentioned about getting it during lunch with Joyce, Eliz and Sebastian at Megabites on tuesday after the prayer meeting. Talked about other things like the Standard Chartered esaver account thingy at the bazaar also. 1.88% p.a till end of december, 1.28% p.a after. Signed up for one, as I think it'll help me against spending too much; can just transfer some money to save into this account and let it stay there. Not having an atm card will help, heh. Grabbed a couple of soft toys to add to my bookshelf collection also. 50 cents for one small bear and $4.50 for a small dog at the stall run by src welfare people. Hard to bargain with mingli to get a discount. In the end, she gave me 50 cents off the dog. Oh well, better than nothing.

ISDM lecture coming up at 9am, followed by another visit to Maestro with some freshies, and I'm still writing here at 1.27am in the morning. Time to sleep. Sweet dreams, y'all! God bless! ü

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbour bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such 'wisdom' does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness." James 3:13-18

Jon, Dissected

Thought I'll leave a quick post before heading to the showers and getting ready for work. Been a good few days since my last post. Performance went well, I think, thought there were some issues to be addressed, punctuality for one. People will always be late, I learned from this experience. Guess I'll have to factor in allowances for lateness in future performances. Think the songs were well received also, just that technical factors were in the way again. Guitars were plugged into the mixer on the first day, and weren't on the second due to SIM hiring an external company to do the sound and the soundman can't get the connection right, so we had to resort to amps. Problems problems problems. Guess Sean was right after the PA performance when he told me that no matter how hard I prepare for a performance, there's bound to be issues arising along the way. Oh well, should have focused more on having fun playing on stage instead.

Had a discussion with Joyce about faith on Thursday in the afternoon before I went to meet up with the rest of my team for the dry run. She mentioned that Christianity should be focusing on the people, that Christ's ministry while He was on earth was on the people, for the people. Gave me some food for thought to reflect during prayer.

Cell group was good, especially worship. Unexpectedly we had double guitars playing for worship, me and Terence playing. Cos I had to bring back Frances guitar from school to return to her on Saturday morning, and Terence was to lead in worship. He introduced a new worship song, called Refuge, written by City Harvest, which he heard during his church camp in Malaysia over the last weekend. Really touched by the song. Have to get it from him later ü

Supper followed, as usual at Tampines Mac with Kemin and Peiwen. Upsized big mac meal for me compared to their fries and small coke light. Talk turned to the state of my metabolism, with the 2 gals trying to "dissect" me to find out why I have such high level of metabolism. Theories thrown included parasites in me feeding on the food I was eating -_-" and my muscles burning off the food in my states of rest, or something like that. Sheesh, I'm becoming a science subject, something to be studied. Lol.

Sales at Global were very very good. Let's just say it's a record for me on a normal weekend, even more than when I was at Skylet the first time. Let's hope sales later will be as good. Gotta run. Running late.

"By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures." Proverbs 24:3-4

Nervousness on eve of D-Day

Not sure what's wrong with me earlier in the day during rehearsal. Case of the nerves, so to say. Can't really stop my shaking hands when I was playing on the guitar. Was ok during the previous practices, but this time, not really sure why. Pre-performance blues? Don't know what it is. Joyce said something along those lines as well, not to be anxious, or in her words, "gan jiong", which I admit I can be at times. Trying to rid myself of anxiousness and focus on the Lord instead. Have to pray that the Lord will take away my anxiety and give me the calmness in my heart that only He can provide.

On a plus note, managed to borrow a semi-acoustic from Frances. Actually smsed her a couple of days ago, and only received her reply today. Nevertheless, I have my 4th guitar, so every one of my guitarists now have a guitar plugged into an amp. Thanks sis! ü

A big thank you to all who have contributed to this performance, whether directly or indirectly. To my team, thanks for all the hard work put in during the rehearsals. Thanks for all the sweat, tears, laughter, and all the good times we shared during the last few weeks. Been a pleasure, and certainly hope to be able to come together again for future performances. This one's for you: http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3OD65UG4O495M2WGP4496309WP Jia you for the performance over the 2 days! Take care, y'all!

"Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. " Ecclesiastes 5:2

Seating and Song Arrangements are up!

Sales were ok over the weekend, I guess. Challenger was kinda quiet post-Comex on saturday, Skylet was better on sunday. Kinda surprised when I got a call from Mary on sunday morning while enroute to Funan telling me to change location. Oh well, can't complain, can I? Sales are usually good at Skylet ü. Went with my parents and sis and her bf to Marina South to have bbq/steamboat for dinner to celebrate my mum's birthday. Haven't really been there for some time now; used to head there a lot last year for gatherings, heh. Kinda busy these days to really get involved in SRC stuff these days, with the performance taking up a lot of my time for planning and rehearsing.

Holidays have finally ended, and it's back to school. Realised I'll be in school for the rest of the week. Crashed IBM on monday afternoon with Elsa. Was surprised to see the lecture hall half empty, when ecr claimed it's already full... Sheesh.. Guitar rehearsal followed. This time we got an audience in the form of Yiying, Felix and Neo, who hung around to watch the dry run. Still kinda messy, especially for Jie Tuo and Closing Time, so gonna use the practice session later on to work on the fine tuning. Seating arrangements are up. Check http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HRZ1C1REEH1N0CBYVD024BXEW--> seating and song arrangements. Performance team, please review and feedback asap, thanks ü.

Finally caught a glimpse of what we can expect from the instructor we are going to hire for the guitar class. He's good, I admit. Had a small discussion with him and Joleen after the performance to clear some doubts that we had. He mentioned that he can come down to catch our performance for both days, and even perform alongside us on stage -_-" Gives me more pressure to perform well. Have to pray about it. Still looking around for a semi-acoustic to borrow, no luck yet. If I still can't find one by tomorrow, will have to mic up one guitar, which is not what I really want, sigh. Have to depend on the Lord for my strength; been depending too much on my own for too long. Song comes to mind, Wonderful King by David Crowder. Nice and wonderful song ü. Go listen to it if you can find it. Or get it from me on msn, that is if you have my contact :Þ

"The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor." Proverbs 15:33

Down with a throat infection

Meeting on wednesday went well. Almost got to school too late to get the discussion room I booked the day before. Managed to discuss the things we needed to discuss and set another appointment with Dennis, the producer of E-mage and Joleen for Friday afternoon. After which Joyce, Eliz and I went for lunch at the canteen and sat there talking till like 4+ in the afternoon. Headed to town to meet up with Kui Shin to do a bit of photography. Too bad I didn't have a better camera; memorial park is a good place to take shots. Greenery against the urban jungle.

Finally went to see a doc yesterday (thursday). Gave me a prescription for throat infection. Then while I was waiting to collect the medication, I heard my name being called. An attendent asked me to go back and see the doc again after my medicine is ready. Apparently, the doc realised my throat is very red and added antibiotics to my 'cocktail' of medication. Which included lozenges for my sore throat, running nose medication, cough syrup, and panadol. So far so good. No rashes so far, which is a good sign. Already allergic to Penicillin and Metronibazole, which were prescribed by my dentist years back. Headed to school for the rehearsal and dinner. Jason couldn't make it cos he had to take care of his mum who's sick. Which left Yew Yap, Yong'an and I to go through things. Managed to go through Collide with Yong'an. Seems to have improved over the last time we tried it, but he's still getting the last line of the chorus wrong in terms of timing. Will have to see how monday goes. He played Virginia Moon as well. Didn't include it in the line-up, but told him to go ahead with it on the 2nd day if he feels confident with it. Closing time sounds good as well. Just needs more work. How I wish I got my semi-acoustic already. So I don't have to worry about looking around for one to borrow for the performance. Faced the same problem during the PA performance in July. Sigh. Have to pray about it. That someone will be kind enough to lend me his/hers for just 3 days.

Friday. Wanted to go for the IBM lecture in the morning, but woke up late. Not surprising. Still have not gotten into the study mood yet. A few days more to school term, and I'm still slacking. Have to cut it and focus on my schoolwork and stick to what I've planned: study every weekday in school with Neo/others. 5 qualitative subjects coming up, 8 solid months of school almost without a break (except for christmas and cny). Then exams will come again. Must do better and NOT slack. Need wisdom to learn and understand what I'll be studying. Will have to depend on the Lord to provide me with the wisdom I need. James 1:5 comes to mind. Same goes for what Joyce mentioned to me the other day. Fill me with wisdom, Oh Lord.

Met up with the rest of the guitar exco and headed to E-mage's place in Tanjong Pagar to discuss things over with Dennis. He proposed a guitar worshop instead of lessons for the beginners to get an appreciation of what guitar is all about, and from there we can gather lesson signups. They'll be coming to perform in Sim on the 13th in the afternoon, so it'll be a good chance to take a look at how good the instructor is. PS for lunch at a japanese restaurant (can't remember name, sushi's not really great, though gyoza's ok) followed by shopping at Bras Basah for materials for decorating the booth on wednesday. Checked out printing charges for name cards and t-shirts as well. Had to rush it as we needed it in time for the recruitment on Thursday and Friday. Check out namecardonline.com. 100 single-sided cards in full colour for $8.80, delivery charges of 4 bucks. Kinda cheap compared with the rates we found at Bras Basah, which ranged from $18 onwards. -_-"

Cell followed at 8.30pm. Jonathan Lau led in worship. He's getting better in his playing though he needs more practice changing chords, a la blindfolded. Heh, that's how I trained myself when I was in my younger playing days. Ok, more like closed my eyes and practiced changing chords. Haha. Need to jam with him and Terence and the others in the cell who can play guitar one day, using church as the venue. See how each of us play and how we can complement each other's playing. It should be fun ü. Supper as usual, Peiwen and Weiqiang and I went to mac at tampines. Needed something to fill my stomach cos I had to take my medication. Somehow, Weiqiang heard sleeping pill when I said student's meal as I was taking orders before heading to the counter. Along with some other words which were mixed up. Though Peiwen had no trouble hearing what I said. Guess he's tired. Wasn't really satisfied after downing a big mac. Me and my bottomless pit of a stomach, lol. In the end, stuffed it with fries and it quieted for a while. Me and Peiwen went to get 3 cups of water, which Wei Qiang commented it looked yellowish, and I tried and it tasted weird. Yucks. I'm not gonna get their cold water again.

Getting late, better go rest. Gonna work at Challenger again this weekend. Hope to do better than my last assignment there 2 weeks back. Need a fat paycheck to get my guitar ü. And pay back my dad and hopefully have some left to survive on. Have to set aside some cash to save, something to fall back on in times of need. Gonna be a few hard and trying months. Stomach's getting hungry again...

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, and the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17

A fun 2 days

2 days came and went just like that. Been mostly busy with guitar rehearsals. Did manage recordings throughout the 2 rehearsals. Only thing was that Elicia couldn't make it for monday's and Yong'an also for tuesday's. Sigh, I really really need all of you to be present at the same time so that we can go through what we have so far. Performance people, please take note. 4 more rehearsals left before d-day. Can't afford to screw up. So far, have gone through radio, lover's concerto, you and me, wonderwall, jie tuo, ni yao de ai. What we have left is collide and closing time and virginia moon (?) to go through. Will have to email Elaine about the changes to the song list. Been delaying for too long already.

But it's been fun also. Shared many humourous moments which were captured on the wav files. Now trying to secure some server space to store them. About 53mb after zipping them up. Any kind soul out there who can spare the space?

Closing time is hard. 3 part guitar arrangement is still ok I guess. Coordinating with vocals might be a tad harder than I thought. 1 open chords, 1 melody, 1 power chords. Yong'an, if you are reading this, try the power chords part in preparation for thursday. Think Yew Yap has already sent you the files. And prepare virginia moon also. Gonna focus on these 2 and collide on thursday.

Ok. Managed to upload last week's recordings as well as this week's onto yousendit.com. These are valid for 7 days only, so please download asap, people.
http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1FV2QM0AD4XHN230MUHB24AWKP --> 290805 and 300805 recordings
http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PP3U5CLK5QCI2R8EN568K6BWD --> 050905 and 060905 recordings

Brought the freshies to take a look at guitars today at Swee Lee, Davis' and Maestro earlier in the day. Met up with Neo and Felix for lunch at Suntec food court before heading over to meet the rest at City Hall mrt. Haven't seen Neo for 2½ months, so kinda miss him. Felix just came back from a Thailand trip also. Chatted over lunch before heading to Carrefour to get drinks and head back to the station. From a 4 person freshie party from what Joyce told me the night before, it became a 6 person freshie group. Apparently, the other 2 smsed Joyce earlier in the morning to ask about the outing. Davis, Huiling and Dennis also joined in. So it was one big group that entered Swee Lee first. Had to introduce to the freshies what to look out for in buying a guitar. Not really good at it, but gave it a shot anyhow. Joyce helped in adding in a couple of points. Still having a sore throat and a raspy voice, so I guessed it sounded soft when I shared with the freshies. Mainly let my fingers do the talking by playing a bit here and there. Next stop was Davis where Joyce and I had a talk with the staff there about the club's needs. Dennis, Neo and one freshie bought their guitars there and then, and I picked up a bag for my current guitar; bag's torn already so it's kinda inconvenient to strap. Discovered the difference between an electric and an acoustic amp. Seems like we've been using electric amps all along. Oh well, one never stops learning.

Hopped to Maestro next where most of the freshies didn't dare to step into the shop. Maybe cos they feel the place is classy and hence, the guitars are expensive. My playing of a $600 semi-acoustic guitar didn't help also, I guess. Btw, this particular guitar is gonna be my future baby. ED-1 is the model name, by Maestro. $400 is the price. Throw in a Bband pickup and hard case, it's gonna cost about $650 after discount (Comex, pls let me earn >$1000 :D). Finally gonna get myself a semi-acoustic and I won't have to hunt for one when it comes to performances. Really like the sound produced ü. Have to take care of it properly. Tips, anyone?

Getting late, a 1130am meeting in school is on the horizon and it's already 2.45am in the morning. Guess it's time for me to head to dreamland. Still have to do my QT. Sweet dreams, y'all ü

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

Sick and without a voice

Comex came and went. Personal sales weren't too bad, I guess. Looks like I'll have enough to pay back my dad and get my guitar. And be broke for the next couple of months. But it should be worth it. Been eyeing that guitar for the past year. Just have to wait till October to get it. On the other hand, I got sick after the 3rd day (saturday night) with a fever and slight throbbing in my head. Decided enough was enough with what I was doing then and went to crash on my bed. Already developed a sore throat from all the shouting due to opposing speakers from my booth and the Olyumpus booth facing us. They kept playing music loudly throughout the four days. Which made me consider whether should I lodge a complain or not. Customers all around also covered their ears when they were walking past the booth, so I'm not the only one with the same sentiments. Fever continued till the morning yesterday. Actually thought of not going to work, but decided it's just one more day. Managed to lose the headache during work and the fever went down, thank God, though I felt really weak throughout the day and had to lean on boxes around me several times to maintain my balance.

Work ended late due to the logistics people coming in late with the boxes we need. Some of the lights in the exhibition hall were already turned off and we were sitting there waiting. Me, Brian, Judy and Danny stayed back to help another hour till 11.30pm then shared cabs home, courtesy of cab vouchers supplied by Valerie. Think of it as a blank cheque for taking cabs :Þ

Received a call from Xinyi regarding her computer just before the final debriefing after work. Seems like her com's hit by a virus and can't boot up properly. Only managed to find time to talk it through with her after I got to my block and was climbing the stairs to my floor. Suggested that she boot up using the Norton cd she has. Oh well, couldn't really help much. Apparently a friend of her mum popped by her place to solve the problem earlier this morning.

Nothing much to do now. Don't really feel like hitting the books just yet. Still waiting for 3pm to come so that I can go through with fixing my timetable for the next year. Jiayan smsed me this morning that Soci's repeat class is on saturday morning -_-" Just hope that there'll be another class available on another day as it'll clash with work on the weekends. Hmm, guess I'll pop in a movie to watch. Need to relax for a while. Been putting a lot of stress and pressure on myself mainly due to the performance next week. Still got some issues to sort out. Hope the recording later tonight will go well.

"Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.' " Matthew 28:18-20

The Long and Winding Road...

Been a really long and winding road since I've enrolled in SIM last year. Learned so much from life there and from the people around me. Especially those who helped me get back to Christ. Really a big thank you for all the encouragement that you've all given me. Learned so much more in the last year about Christ than in all the years I've been in church before. Was never serious then about church-going. Changed my whole life. Not always a straight road, sometimes meandering, sometimes plunging, but a good road all the same. Have to focus on Him who guides my path, lights my way and picks me up when I fall. God is ever faithful and forgiving.

Results just got released. Managed to pass Econs with a 38, but Soci and IBM took a beating with 30 and 18 respectively. Sigh. And I thought I would pass Soci cos I managed to spot one 30 mark question. Guess I didn't write well enough. Have to start studying from next week onwards.

Comex has been ok so far. Sales were kinda sluggish during the first day, and picked up more than three times on the 2nd. The price? Me losing my voice. Need to embark on a honey and strepsils diet very soon. Not to mention a no-no to spicy stuff. Just hope to push more sales. Need it to pay back the debt I owe my dad. Been a few months already since I borrowed from him for my vietnam trip. Not too good to owe for too long. Plus the guitar I need. 500+ semi acoustic guitar after discount. Contemplating a new hp and a dslr camera also. Driving lessons to throw in as well. Looks like I'll have to tighten my belt from now onwards. Can't afford to really spend on unnecessary stuff from now on (comics and manga not included). Bye bye impulse buying. Hello piggy bank.

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28