Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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post oac elections
congrats to zhenrui and charlton for becoming our CI and ACI and fern, weichang, steffi for making up the rest of the exco of 34th :). I'm sure you guys will do a great job leading the batch.
and next thing, thank you 34th for voting me in for air chief, which was a post i wanted. :)
for those who didnt get the post you wanted... just see it that you are tanking sth for the batch. may not be sth you like or expected to get. but whats impt is that we are still all part of WHOA.
elections is really the beginning. theres still a long term ahead, many events to slog for, bonds to be build and lots of fun! honestly, aft the downsizing of WHOA by 1/3 i think all of us have just gotten to settle down abit.
im sure those 5 days in yltc didnt do all the magic in our batch. thru yl night, we really worked tgt then, for the first time. :) and im definitely looking fwd to working with you guys more. IM VERY SURE that we wont just go thru the term having all the fun tgt but also face even more problems in the batch. (if not why do you think the qn about ppl drifting away was asked by the 33rd in the first place) and if u wld ask me, the 33rd is pretty bonded in my eyes. but even aft 1 whole year tgt, theres still bound to be conflicts and disppointments, let alone where we are now as the 34th.
so whatever role that we may play now in WHOA, i just hope we will function as one batch that we will all be proud to say we are part of :)
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God is really sweet to drop random reminders that He's always there. esp how 151 appeared at the hwachong bus stop today AMAZINGLY fast. :DD. keeps me joyful when i count all these little blessings in my life.
i rmb that last sat during worship i was reminded of this: that God though He really a super da ren wu in this universe, yet He cares even to the minor details, all that i feel, the problems that i worry over, everything!
its just a BIGGG privilege that I'm Your child. cos no one understands me like You do :)
{/7:56 PM}
<3, me
Sunday, April 20, 2008
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saturday, definitely my fav day of the week! ytd's service and unit mtg left me w quite a handful of emotions and thoughts. and of cos God's word once again struck sth in me so much more clearly during praise and worship.
while central was having their vision night, jc central had our unit mtg too. what left me with the greatest impact from the mtg was a fresh view of life itself.
it really served as a reminder to me that how i can become shortsighted. humans are quite naturally shortsighted people arent they? sometimes i cant see myself beyond what i want to do in jc.. or 10-20 years down the road.
hwachong does aim to mould you into academically strong students, with leadership skills, gd character etc. like how my current bio teacher emphasized that HC is top 2%.. so we are expected to be responsive students and so on. in ny mr paul tan was the one at it. saying that a future 407 gathering 10 years down the road could be a gathering of super top notch ppl in the society. politicians, professionals and whatever not.
yes. if thats long sightedness stretching thru our life on earth itself. investing into what may secure our future career and life in this society. seems practical. super logical.
but then what about eternity after this life? well. i think as christians we would have to make choices and decisions in this life itself that may seem foolish and super illogical. but when u see in from eternity's perspective and God's perspective. IT ALL MAKES SENSE.
i rmbered i once pondered over the commonly quoted phrase that 'knowing God gives you a purpose in life'. and i think this purpose comes from knowing so clearly what eternity is like. and that God has His perfect plan for our life. which i just have to learn to obey and put my trust in rather that my own plans. and His plan, i wont regret following and is worth the living.
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
[Jeremiah 29:11]
its great to know that someone who knows you more than you know yourself if guiding you through life.
God's plan so big and me so small
thats why i need Him to help me thru.
and one more thing that God reminded me is that:
first live a life that shows He's in it then testify to God's goodness
so that i wont be advocating sth that is from my parent's belief or from what is being preached.
and God, help me not to forget how different life has been ever since ive found You. cos when i do, i take things for granted.
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kays, back to mugging for bio :)
{/10:29 AM}
<3, me
Monday, April 14, 2008
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YL NIGHT 2008- (S)candles
so finally after all the prep, yl night 2008 concluded ytd! it wasnt a major success in every way but i thought it was not too bad. and we definitely all had fun :D so good job WHOA!
didnt take lots of photos. so those who have more rmb to upload k! i woke up ytd feeling sick and the flu got worst esp in the aftn (thank God it wasnt too bad during yl night itself). thank you shar for the concern :) hope u wont tio any of my virus. and karmun for last min having to tank the emcee job! u and raphael were great emcees once agn! and all who showed concern too.. thank you!
there were quite a lot of hiccups in the whole planning and executing process. deco wise, venue wise etc but i really think that yl night had been a very valuable experience for me, working with all the other people in WHOA.
"And it's also a night when I realised how diverse of a batch we are, and that we're all special in some way or another." -fern's blog
yup totally agree! yl night had been a great period to see the strengths of diff people.. the artistically inclined, dance inclined, saigang warriors, the meticulous people, zi high people of all that made up WHOA and made WHOA special :)
and in the night itself, due to the scandalous nature of our theme of yl nite -_- there was ALOT of sabo-ing. fake song dedications etc. but i think it all turned out quite fun and pretty memorable. cherokees item went okay :) im glad! (though i felt realy bad for our ex-es!). most of the song was last min tanking. and we didnt know how to squeeze them in. ><>
here are the lyircs. (to the tune of 'at the beginning'):
We were strangers, starting on YL journey
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me
Wen Qing was a nice GI
She was always there for cherokees
When we lost hope,
she was there to remind us
that we must go on
*(And WHOA is our batch we wanna keep going
WE! is your batch we wanna keep loving
Cherokees , now and forever, we’ll keep the spirit
To our dearest GIs and Rovers
This is what you must remember
even though yltc’s over
You’ll still remain a part of us )
Now for ShiXian
He is a naggy cainiao
He is even worse than old ah ma
When we were sad,
He was there to make us laugh
we are thankful
Miss Shen Jiamin
Cherokees favourite QM
You are always, feeding us well
When we were sian,
You were there to hype us up
with your craziness
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As for Mingyew,
He went ubin before us
We salute you, for being si deng zhu
When the sun sets,
You fade into background
We wonder why
Lastly KaiQing
Our dearest missing rover
Then at yl, you went for h3
But then at precamps you were really nice to us
We say thank you
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hahaha. i like the chorus! and thats for cherokees GI and rovers, the 5 people who took care of our group well during the 5 days.
and nanyang guides started off a tradition ytd night.
yl night08 log comm!
3 cheers for WHOA! jiayou for interviews!
{/1:36 PM}
<3, me
Saturday, April 5, 2008
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okay update:)
wed felt really special. sch ended early (1.30) and i hung arnd to discuss cg stuff with yinghan. aft that decided to follow lifern zhenrui yurong to go island cremery. then at island cremery.. suddenly joanne bridget and sherlyn walked in! OMG. its beeen AGES since ive caught up with all of them face to face. yep so. i left the table to go join them. (sorry fern zhenrui yurong!!)
im so so so so thankful if God had planned this to be this way. cos im really glad i got to talk about a lot of stuff and get things off my back. as well as know more about whats going on on their side :) thank you dears. for the love and for remaining still so special and close to my heart even if im not in cc/arnd u all that often. :) hohoho.aft tt had a short one-to-one catch up with sherlyn and yux. whooooo. i miss all these times! and i treasure them lots.
yl nite is coming. and i think theres still a lot of work to be done this coming week. the venue thing is finally quite settled upon- credits to zhenrui. and log stuff are slowly coming in place-credits to charlton for most of the coordinating.
council election results are out (some i dun really agree to :/). anw i think the elects are out getting te-kaned at their camp now. somewhat like yl?
we filled in our oac forms ytd... from the yltc days, ever since pre-camp, to now, a lot has changed. sch work is piling up and everything. the council elections- which was probably another emotional journey for 12 ppl in WHOA whether they have gotten in or not. and now is the peak of yl nite planning! im not sure how many will stay in the end. but i just hope for the best and see how things turn out.:)
hey WHOA! yl nite planning is not just about efficiency, low-cost, getting things done and everything. its 44 (or so) people doing one thing and doing it well! doesnt tt sound like sth from yltc.
so jiayou everyone! for those who are tanking more, thanks for the hard work! the 1st event we are planning is coming in one week!
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ITS FINALLY THE WEEKEND :D whooooo
and im really looking forward to svc and everything today!
{/10:30 AM}
<3, me
