Finally.. wait.

Just finished my last paper for my common tests (hl maths paper 2) it was quite terrible. Many of us just died when we did it. Anyway, that would explain the long interval between blogposts (or it would be a good excuse for, in any case). Of course this is not the end (which would explain the title), and there’s much more in store for us in the coming semester, such as indiv oral commentary (ask me if you wanna know what that is) and prelims, thus leading on to the final IB exams.

Youth Sunday was an interesting experience, especially how I was asked to lead the intercessory prayer department for the event, never really having signed up for prayer before. But yeah, i wasn’t clueless, and I also had Chris’ help as my twoic. I think he’s really done a wonderful job, could really see his diligence in whatever I tasked him with doing.

We joined the adult prayer intercession on the day itself from around 7.30-9.20am, it was an enriching experience, which began with worship, and then would carry on from there, after first seeking what it is that God would want us to pray. We then took turns to share about a thanksgiving item, and continued in worship. After which, Auntie Vivi and the rest of the intercessors prayed a song over us youths as we stood in their midst, followed by them praying over us and the rest of the youths whom we represented. We were about to pray for the friends that the webs had written down and given us, but since we had planned to be in the sanctuary for the response time, we split up the slips with the names among us youths and the intercessors, and prayed individually where we were supposed to be.

In all, that was great, but immediately after I was done with youth sunday, I realised how badly prepared I was for the papers the next day (math and chem). I feel that I might have neglected my studies in this way, even though service in church is important, I should have found a better balance. Oh well, I guess it’s a journey.

that feeling

A good friend of mine underwent a serious operation today. I really hope everything turns out alright.

Sometimes I wonder what it’ll be like to know when I’ll be leaving this life on earth. Should I be happy? Would i be proud of all that I have done in this short life of mine? I wonder what I would do if I only had a few months left to live..

Anyway today I went back to school for organic chem with ctn. He’s quite an alright teacher i guess, quite nice of him to come back to school for our sake. Which brings to mind the upcoming common tests, of which I have yet to come up with a proper schedule or study plan for the holidays.

Basketball was alright today though, quite good. I still feel stressed about work though. I hate sacrificing things I look forward to because of my responsibilities. Sometimes it just feels like I am pushing on some sort of huge wall whenever I realise that I need to do something I don’t like. Everytime I have to do something I don’t want to, my brain seems to slot it into a certain box that brings to mind the feeling of pushing again, painfully slowly. Hate that feeling.

On a different note, it just occurred to me, if what we discussed during wg about Ananias and Sapphira dying because God knew they weren’t going to repent, and stopped them from continuing to sin were true, then if God hasn’t killed me all the times I’ve sinned repeatedly, then it means i still have the chance to repent in my lifetime.

Laze away

Just decided against doing the MAS-ESS essay for the competition, due tomorrow. Also, realised during the week that I’ll have to lead wg this time round, not really something I look forward to. :/

But thanks to Suzanne’s help, and after dicussing with Mark and Sue, I managed to come up with something now awaiting Suzanne’s comments.

My NYAA (gold) log was most hopefully bound and handed in for me by my venture friends today, as I had to rush for lessons after passing it to them.

Managed to spend some time with God today, and had a long-awaited time of prayer too. Sometimes I wonder if I’m a good testimony to those around me, especially my non-christian friends. :/

Retreat?

How do you win a war if all your battles end in defeat?

Speedy

Do things move as fast as they do, or are they fast only because we perceive them at a slow rate?

Flies see things in slowmotion. Could it then be that people with “faster reflexes” simply see everything move more slowly than we do?

Is time even universal?

Yeah, i was thinking about this while walking along the dusty road home from the bus stop. Funny eh.

Dusk.

don’t rain and dusk go quite nicely together? (: