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Sunday, January 30, 2005

Alone Again...

It's a busy week, I have to admit. Beginning last week, I started studying like mad in anticipation of my family's visit to Singapore. Study, study...tepu ad.

Then Thursday came. Yipee! They arrive around 4.30pm. Went to greet them immediately after lecture. Since then till now, didn't even study. Brought them shopping, sight seeing and a boat ride. Overall, it cost me (or my father, who is in Phuket) a BOMB! My mum shop like a.... I'll say shop till you drop. My feet felt like giving way after walking and walking and walking...

But to me, as long as we're together I'm glad. Was on cloud 9 all weekend. No studies, worries, whatsoever. Totally disconected from everything else. Felt soooo good to be reunited.

They left today (Sunday) at 4.00pm. Sob..sob... so sad, now all alone, with a whole pile of homework and readings to do....sob.... I'm not in the mood!

Anyway, will be going back for CNY, Horray!!!! Yipee!!!!
Ah...can't wait man!!!! One more week! One more week! So study all I can, then enjoy! Yay....

Ok, back to work. To all my friends in Melaka, see ya soon!


Sunday, January 16, 2005

Another Week

Wow, time is like zooming past before me. Can't believe another week has just past by. So fast! Hey, by the time I know it, it's CNY! Yeah, baby! hahaha...

This week was pretty interesting. Met a whole bunch of new people in my tutorial group. Feel sad that I am not in the same group as my previous classmates. Ironically, I'm totally new to this bunch of people and they on the other hand, knew one another from the last semester. So here it goes again. Start afresh to form friendship. Sigh... have to say that it is quite hard making friends here in Singapore.

Firstly, and I'm not the only one who feel this way, I find them not very friendly compared to people back in M'sia. People just walk past you, looking straight ahead. They don't even notice the people around them. Eye contact is even harder to make here. Even my communication prof, who is from overseas commented that people here are just different. Whenever he greets his peers with a hi, he says he will get this funny look of 'Who are you?'. Well, I have to say this is for strangers. I've made some wonderful Singaporean friends from my previous classmates, CF and church. Needless to say, they treat you 'cold'ly if they don't know you. So, here I am, trying always to make the first move.

Anyway, pray that I will be able to build bridges to people around me.

I've made a lot of friends, even from Vietnam, who I can say we are pretty close. Thank God for friends here. Life can get so boring in hostel over the weekend as there is nothing much to do. Some scholars even study through the whole weekend! Guess they could be as lonely too.

Saturday was interesting. My friend cook lunch and invited me to share it. Wow! Must say this was trully an experience. Sunday, is my social day! Go out to church at 9am, lunch and fellowship . Come back around 5pm. So at least I'm pretty occupied. And I met Samuel (Edmund) Chu, former Melaka church member today. It was like meeting an old friend. Made my day!

So, what I've learnt is... friendships are to be cherished. People are made to be social beings.

Sunday, January 09, 2005

The Tsunami Disaster...

Brought to rememberance the event of Sodom and Gomorrah and the floods during Noah's time. Was it God's judgement upon the people there, as it was then?

At that time, Sodom and Gomorrah roughly had 10 000 people. Yet, God could not even find 10 righteous people there. And there was Abraham, pleading before God for the them. He was found righteous before the Lord and what was he doing? Interceeding for the people in Sodom and Gomorrah.

Look at Moses. When the Isrealites built the golden calves to worship, God's anger burned against them (Exodus 32:9). It was so bad, He told Moses to leave. But Moses, boldly stood before Him, pleading for the Isrealites. He was even willing to go to hell for their sake! (v34)

Coming back to Sodom and Gomorrah, not even 10 righteous men could be found and God struck it. But it was after much consideration ( from 50 men to 10 ). The ungodly were punished, but Abraham was spared. ONLY those found righteous before God will be saved from such judgement on the wicked. Noah, Daniel and Job to name a few. Read Ezekiel 14:12-20.

That's God's promise to those who kept themsleves right before God even when the people were straying away.

The problem is how many of us are right before Him? Righteous by HIS standard.

Again, could this recent event be related to those in the Bible? Thinking it through, it happened after 40 years of another earthquake. Isn't 40 (years) significant in the Bible?

Many have different interpretation of this event. But if it is really God's intervention like in those days, can He find 1 righteous Christians in a 1000 people?

Let this be a challenge for us who call ourselves Christian. Will we be found righteous, interceeding for this dying land? To stand in the gap like Moses, Abraham and many others before us?

I pray that Christians will rise at this hour and be serious about our faith!

Grant us grace and compassion, O God!

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Scrabble mania!

The first 3 days of the semester was the inter hall scrabble competition. And...instead of studying for school work, I find myself studying scrabble! Trying to memorise non-sensical word which I don't even understand. Anyway, its the first week so slack a bit never mind la, I hope. Haven't got all my books yet. And hey, people are still on holiday mood.

Anyway, I played 5 games. Of which I only won one. The rest kena trash by those more experienced than I am. But what to do, got myself to blame. I had to decide whether to attend lecture or warm up practice which occur at the same time. Of all the 24 hours I have, which I am free these have to clash! So, I chose to attend lecture. People say first lecture always very important.

Guess that could have affected the game. Immediately after lecture, I had to rush for the game. Moreover, I don't know why I had to play the tougher opponents. Hope I didn't give a bad impression to the team captain. Ooops!

Our hall topped the group and after a few years of waiting, finally we get into the finals. It was like a dream come true for the seniors. But alas, all good things come to and end. We lost. Didn't get to be finalist. But I'm glad we made it this far... considering that most of us are first year students.

So, with this over, time to get into real studying!!!

Sunday, January 02, 2005

New Semester

Well, holidays are finally over. Sigh.... one big SIGH....

Really enjoyed my last week back home. Whole family united after almost 2 months. Had great time at home. Playing computer games, eating none stop. Think I've grown horizontally.

Christmas and new year feels like nothing this time around. I'm like it's new yeah... so what? Nothing great to celebrate.

But must really thank God for the very life that we have. Since the tsunami disaster, we should all realize how fragile life can be. And of course, made some resolutions and pray that I can stick to it.

So sad, so sad...class starts tomorrow. Can't believe that I'm in my second term. So fast. But very sien... I'm getting lazy! Help!!! Ok. Behave yourself!

Wish all a blessed new year!