Here's to a blog post where I don't really have anything significant to blog about, but I just want to siphon my thoughts (and delaying studies). Okay shall start with this episode at cell group which I thought was really cute and funny, and it has been stuck in my head ever since Friday. We were talking about Jesus being the light of the world, then somehow the question came to what kinds of light are there in the world? So for a while the answers were pretty straightforward, like torchlight sunlight moonlight headlights blah blah, until Eunice said "as light as feather"!! Hahahah! Jolene and I thought we've heard the worst of it, until Andrea came in, continuing in that vein, she said "satellite"! I thought that was really cute of both of them, and it's a pity if I don't share that.

And, talking about which, teachers' day is coming, so naturally I need to send a message to my two tuition students to "inform" them that teachers' day is coming! Heh note the insidious intent. But with the expectance of heartfelt gratitude and outpouring of thanksgiving, all I got was Eunice replying "so?", then Joanna said she can't wait to "go back to her primary school"! SIGHH. At least Hong Yu promised me something nice, even though I don't really teach her officially cos I help her on a phonecall-to-phonecall basis haha. But I'm very very proud of Eunice, she managed to pass most of her subjects this term, including her dreaded maths!

I really should go and sleep. Have tonnes of things that I'm aiming to complete by tomorrow.

Ahhahaha I caught the time it is 12:34pm now. Just a short note before I go to school. After waiting for weeks, I'm finally going to have a copy of Global Shift by Peter Dicken! All the copies in all the NUS libraries are out on loan since last week and last I checked, there was a waiting list a mile long and I probably won't get the book till October at that rate. Usually for popular books like these, the NUS library will have a copy of it in the RBR which is some reserved or restricted section where you can only loan books for two hours, so that everyone will have a fairer chance of getting hold of a particular book. They've got all the later editions in RBR, but they just don't have this 2007 edition in RBR, so it's been a mad rush for everyone trying to get hold of those precious copies! And I placed a reservation for a copy under some reference section last week, and finally finally finally the person returned it early and I'm going to get it later! My inner kiasu auntie says YES WHOO HOO YIPPEE!!

Okay. Off to school. My sister asked me to bring some of her stuff to school cos she's staying in hall. She asked for hair clips and hair pins, and I deliberately chose all the butterflies ribbons hahahaha I've never seen her wearing those before. Then she asked for FBTs, and my gosh never ever! That's bordering on underwear. No. Next time if I'm really a teacher and some student turn up for class in FBTs, I'll chase her out.

The return to school has been much of a normalcy to me. Yeah it kinda feels weird after a three month break, but surprisingly I was able to pick up rather quickly. Maybe cos it's the second year now, and I'm feeling superior to all the freshies! My sister being the biggest one of them hahaha. There are nights when she came to me asking silly questions like "can we go in early into the lecture theaters before the lesson starts" and I reply "no no no you cannot do that the cleaner will chase you out". And I share a module with her this semester.

That said, a very very big change to my life happened last night! I changed my minor to English Literature instead of English Studies (which is just a combination of Lit and the English language itself). Okay actually it wasn't very drastic because the difference is just that I have to take two more Lit modules than the previous minor. But I felt like it was a big decision that I had to make! What if I really do become a teacher next time, and with Eng Studies I can teach both the language and Lit, but now with it only being restricted to Lit, I can only take the Lit classes??? Okaayyy it probably doesn't matter in the long run, and I sound really infantile. Alright that means I'll get to read more books, which I think will probably interest me more rather than sit through modules on grammar or tenses or stuff like that.

It's National Day today, and I recited the Singapore Pledge and the National Anthem at 8.10pm today! Hahaha 2010 2010h oh my gosh this is so cool! How come they never do it for the past few years? Okay la the time is harder to count, like 2009 then it has to be 8.09pm. And I tried my best to be patriotic through my choice of the colours I wore today. Well, at least until I got onto a bus full of old uncles and aunties dressed in red too, and I realised that I was the only one below the age of 60 clad in red too? Not that that made me ashamed, but what happened to all the reddish young people! Maybe they all went for NDP already haha.

Stomach's grumbling. Shall eat some supper. Here's another language observation: Why is it that descriptions of financial-related stuff tend to be unclean? Phrases like "filthy rich" and "dirt cheap" and "living hand to mouth". So unhygienic! =P

It's 3am in the morning, and I'm struggling to get to bed soonest. But I took a two hour nap this afternoon, so it kinda compensates for the time being? Can't believe that school is starting again in a day's time, and I realise that I will very soon have to start downloading my readings and purchasing my textbooks and start to keep up with the readings again. Which is why I'm trying to rush all the stuff which I can complete now before the term begins officially, although it might as well have already begun because Monday's National Day. Small things like worship chords, new worship sets, tidying my table, blah.

Played at Chinese Corps this morning, with the Baby! And considering the very early timing of the morning, I was surprised that I managed to pull through the entire service and understand everything. I always liked Chinese church services because everything sounds so eloquent and precise. Shall make more often visits there.

And this is from my diminutive observations, but the British like to say "brilliant", the Australians like to say "amazing", the Americans like to say "awesome", and the Singaporeans like to say "good"

I keep saying that I am neglecting this thinking space and how much I yearn to resume the once-regular accounts of my life, but to actually get down to blog something proper is really like a huge chore. And it's no excuse really, because everytime I open my Firefox my homepage is my blog, so there's no way I could have missed this site. I guess if I really wanted to, I'd easily hit 2 posts a day, but Twitter/Plurk is so much more convenient because it shortens my life to 140 characters haha.

Still, nothing beats actually sitting down to craft this blog post. Gets the writing juices flowing.

Anyway, I'm almost nearing the end of my holidays. School starts next Tuesday after National Day, so I'm back to lectures and assignments and projects. I'm taking three geography modules and one literature and a chemistry module on atmosphere! No idea how they will all turn out, but looking forward to something to do after such a long break. Haha, and that would mean having to adhere to a strict sleeping regime, because I'm like getting to bed at 3 or 4am nowadays and waking up waaay after noon the next day.

And I'm trying to drag my fitness back on track too! I need to clear my annual IPPT before my birthday, and just in case I don't make it, I've booked my test slot in September. It's crazy because I haven't jogged properly for the longest time and I'm trying to gain back as much as I can. Terrible.

Led worship with a Taylor guitar tonight! Matthew left behind his Baby Taylor for me before going overseas, and I can't put it down ever since. I really pity my Maestro, not sure how it feels playing second fiddle (pun intended) to the BT. But it's really a joy to play the BT; the tone doesn't sound very full but it's definitely very rich! Think this shall be the start of a trend for the next few weeks hahaha, only problem is that it doesn't have a plug-in option and I have to use an external mic. But I'll work around that.

Okay, gotta sleep soon. Have a worship prac with Chinese Corps tomorrow morning, and I'm looking forward to it because I've never played for a Chinese church service before! English have, Tamil have, but Chinese don't have. We'll see tomorrow, hahhahaha.