Friday, September 15, 2006
I survive.. from an one year old...
didn't share during CG just now.. so i tot maybe i share an amazing testimony...
today was quite a long day for me... CS2103 tutorial @ 10-11.. EG1108 lab from 2-5.. CS2105 supplementary lecture from 6-8.. followed by project discussion from 8 til around 10... needless to say... im tired..
before the lab, i was actually quite stressed as i totally don't understand or even know what to do for the experiment (first time do lab.. SoC lab just type and type and u get 'Awesomely Excellent' remarks.. this is totally different) thus i went to seek help from almost everyone that i know that has taken this module before.. but to no avail... but thank God... the lab TA explained some stuff here and there during the briefing b4 starting the session.. and i managed to extract ALL the answers/explanations from that briefing alone..
OMG... God's wisdom really omnipotent.. i can understand such ridiculous experiments with this wisdom.. and not to forget... i end up as one of the first few to finish the experiment and hand in my lab.. giving me more time to take a break before the lecture.. Praise the Lord!
thats the first thing.. but thats not the only thing.. this one is even more power... as you all know.. im quite tied down by the many projects and assignments i have to complete this semester.. the worst being the CS2105 Networking assignment (don't ever take this module.. this is serious.. don't even think of it!) it is a 5% assignment with such a large scope of requirements and with less than a month to complete.. i tell you.. if this project is a freelance assignment outside.. it would earn me at least a few hundred dollars... basically.. it is absurb...
yet again.. miracle happened.. this one i think is even miraculous than seeing a pig fly... during the 6-8 supplementary lecture.. the lecturer gave a short announcement... the requirements of the project has been changed.. and he gave us a short summary of the changes.. in short.. the requirements has been reduced by at least 50% !!!!! can you believe such an impossible thing happened... and being my spiritual birthday today.. its great to have like 300+ people sharing this present with me.. wahahahahahahahahahahahhhaaaa.. Arigatou gozaimashita ne.. Kami-san!
third thing... after the lecture.. my proj group went for dinner and since one of them is sick and can't eat at fong seng / macdonalds.. we decided to go clementi instead.. so sad... tot i had to give CG a miss today.. so we went to eat and discussed the project specs at the same time.. moving from the kopitiam to macdonalds eventually due to the aircon.. luckily.. Praise God again.. the meeting ended before ten and im able to catch a bus 96 back to school.. and also thank God that the sms reply came to me in time so that i can alight at Engine instead of at Comp Center.. else i have to walk a long distance...
haha so thats about what happened to me today...
i also wanna add on a bit about what was shared during CG today (at least for the part where i was present..) couldn't sort out my thoughts just now so i chose to keep quiet... on the super long bus journey home managed to sort out a bit.. though still quite messy... i shall try my best to express it out..
i was thinking about us being the salt and light.. if we choose to remain in one another's company only and not try to know more people around campus.. its useless... we need people around us.. people who doesn't know Him yet... to really become the salt and light.. cause we are called to be the salt and light OF THE WORLD... not salt and light of OUR OWN LITTLE WORLD... no matter how unsalty or how dark we might be.. if we have the heart to try and be one.. He can make things work.. we start small.. but we WILL grow (not can, not may, but WILL)..
one thing i learnt today is how to be the salt and light.. as shared by some of us just now... we don't have to use christian terms.. nor do we have to be dead serious outwardly about our convictions and beliefs.. we should learn to stand firm by our convictions by being able to reason out why we do what we are doing/declining to do.. so that people around us are able to know of such values.. and hopefully they will ponder why this is so.. and slowly learn more about Him...
it will certaintly not easy standing firm on our values.. but we must learn to do it.. lemme share with you all a song that i liked... hope it encourages all of us to persist in this area.. here are the lyriscs
I SURVIVE
Avalon - Stand
I can feel it comin' now, that same old pain
Tryin' to work me like a prisoner
Shackled bound and shamed
But in my soul I know
That You give me the strength it takes to
break these chains
Chorus:
I survive
Life keeps comin' at me
Doesn't break me
I'm never going down
Anytime
I need strength I know You'll help me
make it
I survive
Don't know what tomorrow brings
Don't wanna guess
But with You by my side I know I can face
any test
And so I'll honor You by standing tall
And breathing in this love that I've been blessed
That's my promise, won't compromise
You're the truth, that kills the lies
Put me through it , I'm not afraid
You rescue me , day by day
With you I can never fake it
Won't go down, You help me take it
Help me make it
