I am officially a:

*throws confetti* time to celebrate my rights as an official voter.

:)

in retrospect..

winding down today's day with good soothing music. one of the best moments in the world. wouldn't trade it for anything.

i've learned some things today. why God placed me in certain areas, in certain ministries, in certain depts. And in retrospect I kinda prayed for it, but not in the way that i envisioned it to be. Well, it's not like i can determine how i want it to turn out rite hehe. God certainly works in mysterious ways and he has a reason 4 everything. I can foresee a lot of adjustments, painful times, tugging of my heartstrings and getting-over feelings. all to help me serve with a pure and right heart. 

I duno what will happen, how things'll turn out, how much adjustment/movement I'll have to make but I'll trust Him becoz He knws best.

it's good to look back and reflect. that's how you realize His works in your life.

Retrospection at its peak hee :) my moment of reflection has arrived. 

:) 

Hello, goodbye.

My final lecture as a Year 1 student and we watched a movie, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Wah where got lectures so relax wan ahhhh. Chinglish. 

So, I hereby officially announced that Semester 2 has come to a close now (not including exams). Sem2 was way more fun and hectic than Sem1. Sem 2 comprised of : 

assignments, deadlines, some rough and sticky situations, decisions, a lot of getting-to-know-my-pals time, some great friendships forged, many new things I've learnt, the realization of who're my friends and who aren't, hard reminders, assurance that God is seeing me through everything and wake-up calls.

 It was also where I kind of struggled on where is my priority in serving; church or cf. Sometimes it's both, sometimes it's one or the other. Next year 2013 I plan prioritize one only haha so fast plan edi. but that doesn't mean I'll neglect the other one, no. Anyhow we're still serving d same God, but just different ministries and locations and scope. Hah. 

All in all, it was a good Sem and I enjoyed it, despite the ups and downs. Really, i'm serious. There's a song we sang once in pkv and it was a timely reminder:

Praise when I'm laughing

Praise when I'm grieving

 .....Our God never fails.

Yups. So, cheers to Sem 2! it was fun while it lasted. 

my lovely classmates of our last lecture, Teaching Prose. :-) photo courtesy from ivana's fb xoxo

Wow.. Sem 2 is ending. Speechless for now, trying to let this sink in.

God is faithful.

Bb major dim

to have a knack in music or to be studious? I think all these while I have an inclination towards the former. Haha who wouldn't ?? Unless you're a kin of einstein or UM's engineering students hehe. seriously, engine students are....just smart. 

You know the Richard Marx Song "I will be Right here waiting for you" that has a piano intro in the beginning? I remembered hearing this on my dad's car radio when I was 5-6yrs old and I thought hey, I actually know the notes to this song so I went home and tried it and voila, that was the beginning of my er, musical journey.

but ok looking back I've come a looong way from where I just started and it has been an amazing journey. :) i've learnt lots from everywhere and everyone. Cant thank God enough for enabling me to play ze piano... 100% His grace.. so now I'm currently dabbling a bit in guitar coz I have my own guitar since F1 but erm never really touched it until two years back (& I still have a long way to go) and a tiny bit of drums. No harm, learning all types of instruments. Bass is next. hoho. 

but i can't say i'm very talented in music. I'm just mediocre only and still have a lot to learn. I know 1 or 2 people who're wayyyy talented than me and I'm in awe of their skillz that kill. no kidding. I know of this one person in my church who's like the music maestro of the century. He has chun skillz, and I look up to his musicality and talent. A bit eccentric this fella but talented. Well you gota give and take right bahaha.

But yeah... back to the main point; musicality or studies? hmm. not a tough decision to make. :-) To all musicians out there, cheers. Continue to persevere on in your musical journey. We're in this together.

P.S: We're in the last week of lectures! *do The Hustle dance*