Some meaningful quotes

1) A man's friend asked him to lend him $500, which he could easily afford but had his reservations.

 

Man: "Lord, should I lend him the money or give him the money?"
God: "Son, shall I give you my blessing or lend you my blessing?"

 

2) Some years ago, a woman had a daughter who was a pre-schooler. She made a Mother's Day card for her mother, but contained a spelling mistake. Instinctively, Mom's eyes zoomed in on that error.  She also saw her daughter's face glowing with excitement and love. Mom felt the Lord telling her,"Love her, with all her imperfections." At that very moment, she also felt the Lord say to her,"And that is how I love you too - with all your imperfections."

The Other Organisation

attended their Annual Parade for the first time, since previously it all clashed with my exam preparation.

Left with this question in mind: I am operationally ready to serve The Other Organisation. But does The Other Organisation need me to begin with?

What is truth?

Deutschkurs

OK this semester I am learning German. And it's a wonderful experience, although I can't compose a coherent blog post in German (unlike Malay which I could compose one, albeit a mistake-ridden one)

Anyway, maybe a sentence will do.

Ich lerne Deutsch und finde das sehr gut. Ich habe einen Freunde wer komme aus Deutschland. Meine Cousine hat einen Ehemann wer komme aus Deutschland. Seine Mutter spricht Englisch nicht.

English Translation:

I learn German and find that very good. I have a friend who comes from Germany. My cousin has a husband from Germany. His mother does not speak English.

OK, i'm sure the above sentence was full of mistakes but anyway...

Update

Sorry I haven't been updating much... been very busy with various aspects of my life especially FYP...

It's finally my final sem in NUS and the feelings are bittersweet. I've spent the past 3 1/2 years of my life in NUS, and in a Hall of Residence to boot, and it has been an experience out of this world. Ahead of me is the working world, with its own challenges ahead.

Thinking of integrating my blogging with Facebook notes instead due to hassle free photo uploading...

2008 in retrospect

Time flies and 2008 has come to an end. This year is especially significant as it's my last full year as an undergraduate.

If I were to sum up this year with acronyms, they would be these: VIP, FYP, NYAA, F1, NDP.

VIP

This gave me a good picture of how an engineering job is like and what to expect. This gave me a very good grasp of what I should look for in engineering job (e.g. more towards the project management aspect)

FYP

Finally the pinnacle of any undergrad's experience... :)

NYAA

Finally, this year, it's done and I received my Gold award from the President. This was pretty challenging to me considering that there was no one to guide me apart from the NYAA office itself. NUS was not willing to support me. Anyway, I bit the bullet and got it done and now, may there be others to follow in my footsteps.

F1 & NDP (St John committments)

This year I was involved in NDP and F1 as one of the first aiders, of which was a wonderful experience.

Next year holds even greater things in store for me. I'll have served 12 years in St John (and receive a long service medal to boot). And most importantly, that will be the year I step into the workforce.

It will have a whole new set of challenges but that is what life is about isn't it?

Call of Duty and the 7 SAF Core Values

My brother got me to play Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare yesterday. Although I played only the opening mission, I came to understand something which I had failed to fully grasp during my 2 years 4 months term of service.

Care For Soldiers

After achieving the first objective, the ship was bombed and EVACUATE is the priority. Initially all the soldiers were knocked to the ground and the protagonist had to be helped up by his commander. Later on, while evacuating to the helicopter, the protagonist would have fallen into the sea if not for the commander who helped him.

Seeing things from the first person perspective (associated, rather than dissociated - third person - perspective) is really very dramatic. In the storyline, the player's leader (Captain Price) is killed at some point in the mission and there are quite a few 'memorial' fan-made videos on YouTube...

Exams are over.... a working holiday begins

So let me muse about my 4 exam papers in this post...

ME3112

Besides the fact I was surrounded by Rafflesians (the guy in front, behind and to my right were all from RH)

Besides PS1101E (which I couldn't really care less about, since I intend to S/U it), this was my best paper yet. The questions were basically do-able

ME4223

Shall not comment further.

PS1101E / GEK1003

As I planned to S/U this module, I did not really prepare much for this paper. Anyway, as I didn't really expect much, it was quite okay for me (I alluded quite a lot to the recently concluded US elections)... who knows, I may score well enough not to S/U it...

GE3880A

The paper turned out to be basically, the mock exam paper. I was both surprised and disappointed that I had not spent enough time preparing for it. But anyway it was quite okay though I could have done better.

Therefore... this semester will basically seal my fate as to which class of honours I am going to graduate with. It's too early to say - things can go either way - but I am not *overly* concerned about it. At least I graduate with honours.

The day after exams ended, I got an email from my FYP prof, and the whole process starts again...

My offer got retracted due to issues over my PES status in the army. Despite the fact that I have recovered (and have a doctor's letter to prove it), the company doctor still did not want to certify me fit for site work. But that simply means that there is a better opportunity out there. And based on what I discussed with my lecturer subsequently, there are lots of better opportunities, even without the cash sponsorship which I had to forgo.

Well, as they say, when one door closes, another opens, and we have to look out for the door opened for us, instead of moping about all day about the closed door...

sighz

1 day gone. 1 good studying day gone just like that.

They say that when we stay up way past our sleeping time, we are
actually shortening our lifespan.

exams

Exam preparations are in their full swing now... let's see...

ME3112 - 25/11

ME4223 - 26/11

GEK1003 (aka PS1101E) - 27/11

GE3880A - 2/12

After that it's back to FYP preparation. Bah. I hope I can still help out for HOBTC.

and incidentally, no more all nighters for me. super counterproductive.

you get disappointed when you expect too much. i guess i am expecting too much.