Taking some time off to keep this blog alive and throbbing! Anyway, the weekend was quite meaningful. I was either studying or trying to coordinate some work or worrying about worship leading. Commissioners Lim came down on Sunday to preach at our corps, and it was a real blessing to listen to their words again. And worship segment itself was quite blessed. And that same afternoon after service, I was out with Aunty Adeline, with Janice and Joylene and Cheyenne for lunch at AMK Hub, nice catching up!

Okie, back to work and studying!

This is turning to be quite a Geography week! Past two or three days I've been revising my Geog notes and readings, largely because I only have one mid-term exam (English) for this semester, and I've been keeping quite consistent with that module's work so I don't have to recap so much. Yesterday was at Bishan library with Eunice because she wanted help with her Geog! And today's project fieldwork with Daryl at ION Orchard for our Geog project.

Think the fieldwork was quite interesting, haha we had to interview some foreigners for some tourism slogan thing, and we met quite nice people who were willing to spend time to talk to us. Then the rest of the interviewees the approach was like "let's just try to get cute girls", because we've got to take photo with them too! Haha! And yesterday with Eunice just proved one thing; that I've been studying the same topics over and over again since sec one! I realised that the broad topics like population and tourism and whatever are still the same, but it's the depth and focus that changes as I'm moving up the education level. Like secondary school I don't have some models and I don't need to do a lot of analysis. But for A'levels that's very crucial. Now university I'm reading the same things except that they are in much more complicated concepts.

I'll most likely major in Geog la. Heh!

And and and, I won someone in tic-tac-toe!! Cross is me.

But I lost twice haha thanks to cheating! I'm circle now.

Quite an interesting night for me. Jolene messaged me after Sunday service this morning that she will be staying over in the church building the whole night! So naturally the question was why. It turned out that the Chinese Corps were having a Bible marathon reading session, and it was decided to be ongoing through the night because tomorrow is Hari Raya Haji holiday. It sounded quite odd to me, because I've never heard of a Bible reading marathon before, although I must admit it sounds like a good idea. They have everyone on a rotation list, and each person is to read an entire chapter starting from the book of Genesis.

So I told Jolene that it sounded really cool, and I also wanted to recite a Bible chapter! When I went up to the Chinese Corps building, they were in the midst of the book of Numbers. I was rostered to read Numbers 35. Then next came the option of reading it in Chinese language! Hahahaha my command of Chinese is not that terrible okay, but I realised that I cannot read fluently in 泛体字! So never mind it was okay if I read in English. And I must admit I've got an easy chapter. Numbers 33 and 34 had so many places and references and names! I can't even pronounce all of them in English, much less Chinese hahaha!

But it was a good experience, it's 3am in the morning as I'm blogging this and they are still going on! They are at the start of the book of Judges now. I do question the efficacy slightly, I only sat through about 10 chapters and I'm zonked already! But I've never succeeded in getting very far through the first book, much less until Numbers! The track record for the New Testament is much much better hahaha.

And shortly after that, Cheyenne called me on the phone and we were on phone conference with Janice and Roxanne. The agenda was to pray together! The idea sounded quite cool, because I don't even know how to activate phone conferencing on my phone. I've never prayed over the phone before either! But it was good, we took turns and it wasn't that much different from normal praying. There's a certain joy from listening to them and it's a really big encouragement too. Think this is one of the finer points of cell group leading and ministry, haha it's not life-changing but it's edifying.

I feel kinda bad for my behaviour at worship prac.

3:20am now, think I should be going to bed.

I made use of my free day to catch up with my readings, and to give Celine a visit at her house! She's sick with runny nose and sore eyes, although her eyes don't look abnormal in any way. But yup, I went down to say hello and to cook alphabet soup for her!

Tadaa.

I feel like a naughty student haha this week has barely started and I've skipped/missed two lectures already! And just in case you're thinking that I'm some perpetual problem kid who can't be bothered to attend my classes, I haven't skipped or missed anything since I started uni! Until yesterday that is. Hahaha for yesterday's English lecture I was 20 minutes late, and the lecturer is very particular about latecomers so I went to the library to study instead. And today's Cultural Studies lecture was at 10am, but I only woke up at 10.40am!

But it's really quite terrible, I've got quite a lot of things to do or to study and I haven't got the time. Very sleepy also, not getting enough sleep, hence oversleeping and missing classes and half the day is gone!

Sent Shi Hui off to London yesterday, and went Ikea with Aaron and Joel during my 3-hour break yesterday too because they took off from army to be out for her.

Okie I should be going to study, now that I've got a free day. Thankfully there's only one lecture today!

Vanessa dropped by for cell group and to say hello to Aunty Toh Tzu and Aunty Joanna this Friday evening. And it's always good to be able to catch up with her! Most of the time, we are limited to the occasional chance meetings, which I don't think it's very intentional and very sincere because we stay a few blocks from each other, so obviously I should see her around quite frequently! But she decided to visit today for a longer chat, and silly girl was so afraid that everyone has forgotten her already haha.

I think she's one of the few people I know that I'm just so encouraged each time I get the opportunity to talk to her. There's always this passion in her to want to know more about God and to serve and minister and share, and for me it's a blessing to witness such Christ-like joy in a friend's life.

School projects and readings and church work stuff and so many others. Loads to do! But enjoying the challenges, I'm still in a piece, although I'm slightly behind schedule. In the middle of this year I've resolved to get things done way before they are due, but I'm trying to ease up now because I realised that it becomes too stressful (although it's meant to create less stress).

In some dire need for sleep now, because I've got so many things to do that I'm cutting back on my sleep just to get them done. Which isn't the ideal sense, but don't really have a choice, very busy! I'm into cat naps again haha short 20 minute naps here and there and everywhere, and trying to pay back over the weekends. Constantly sleepy. Drowning in too much things to read. But still quite alive.


Which reminds me of the classic example of how men in army can just fall asleep everywhere, because they have learnt how to make use of even the shortest breaks just to get their forty winks. I don't remember being that desperate for sleep, but Aaron certainly does it well haha.

This is him left behind, and where's everyone else??!!

Slightly sick, I'm battling a persistent flu since last night. And the medicine that I took is supposed to be non-drowsy, but it's making me feel very drugged. I'm not sleepy but I'm like woozy and head-spinning.

Tried to play catch-up with my readings today. I ended up just skimming through to get the general idea. Haha so wordy and so boring! So much said for just a very simple idea. What's wrong with them, I thought concise and precise language is the way to go!

And Sylvia Plath's Ariel reminds me of Ted Hughes all over again. No wonder they're married! Gosh so raw and so powerful.

Just realised that my weekday and weekend diet can actually go through quite a dramatic change! On weekdays I tend to have lunch quite late, like 2 or 3pm, cos my school timetable doesn't really have free slots earlier. Then I go home at 6 or 7pm for mum's cooking. On weekends, lunch is often combined with breakfast! And dinner is usually a bigger and more filling affair, because of friends gatherings or buffets or family dinners. Supper is all the more prevalent too. I think this is a huge upset on my digestive system! Okay I shall aim to eat more consistently and more evenly.

Sleeping hours is another big problem too. I'm getting minimum 5 to 6 hours a day, which is remarkable considering how I don't seem to have time for anything else. But it's not enough for me! I need like 9 hours a day, and I don't know how to squeeze out all those time spent awake for sleep. So I'm constantly tired and my mind isn't functioning properly. Not the best approach because there are so many unexpected things, and I keep blabbling over my speech and sounding incoherent.

BBQ at corps yesterday, an example of how I'm not eating healthy. And just ended a three-hour worship practice for tomorrow's service. Usually I'm like "okay lor" because it's really just singing and playing, but today was totally exhausting! It was good though, hahaha we covered 10 songs. Things that run through my mind aren't the most positive, but I'm quite confident.

Just melancholic. Don't feel like studying.

Erm haha I was caught in a slightly awkward situation a few days ago. It's either me who's facetious or it's her who's blur! But it's a small world indeed, glad to meet people and new friends blah blah. Thinking I need to tighten my socks and really start studying haha I'm still drifting in and out of my lectures and classes feeling like a lost sheep. University one month already!!

Haven't been getting enough sleep all week. Quite exhausting actually, trying to catch up on my readings and trying to settle all the other things at the same time. It's quite a miracle I've managed to stay awake and last through the entire day, although there was one evening when I overslept on the bus and I took an extra hour and a half to get home.

I superglued this colourful cross to my guitar! But I didn't do a very good job because the glue stained the guitar a bit.

Okay I've stopped getting lost in school trying to look for my lecture halls or classrooms, I'm more or less acquainted with where is what and what is where. But I'm still embarrassing myself hahaha! The other day one of my group mates told me to meet at The Deck, and I'm like orh okay I shall follow the signs. So I ended up at the arts canteen, and I was thinknig if The Deck meant some lounge or some deck or some area which is decked or whatever la, and I spent 10 minutes wandering around the entire canteen looking for some infrastructure that didn't exist! It was much later that I realised that the canteen is The Deck. What a stupid name! I've always thought it's just arts canteen la, since when is there The Deck.

Anyway Dezmand knows the school better than I do. He knows which block is where and how to get to another school and he knows roughly where each block is. I haven't even dared to venture outside of my own faculty building. And going to a friend's hall now! Have no idea where is it.