how time flies.
its been 2mths and school is going to start soon! Been really busy...doing... hmm im not too sure what as well. I just know that my days have been really packed and tiring. fulfilled? Yep I suppose.
Met Pat to pass him my
diving theory test and assignments... hopefully i'll be able to get my licence soon.. so i can go diving with other people and then take advanced course well..that is if i have the money to do so>.<
Realise that I could probably have learned more with PADI then with this private instructor..perhaps its just this particular one. Cos Shirley(the other instructor) seems fine and strict and ... composed. hmmm.. if you want to learn diving.. I'll rather you go to PADI..through sch(NUS, cos they are heavily subsidised) or hee i can recommend some better instructors from SSI. Heard SSI is stricter though, which is in a way good also la..
My part time job termination allowed me to finally trim my hay hair and attend LPC without worrying about my job. God showed me what it means to really be part of His kingdom..people coming from all sorts of background, churches, nationalities..gathering for the same course. To know Him and to make Him known. These leaders be it from VCF or IFES are really passionate about God's word, God's work and His people. And hence the camp. Looking at the year ahead, VCF's direction for this year is SOSU FC(Stand Out Speak Up For Christ) challenges us to be bold in our faith. It tests also our belief in our Lord Jesus Christ. I wonder if I can proclaim as Paul did to be not ashamed of the gospel and the gospel is truly the power of salvation. Sometimes I couldnt see beyond my own iniquities and forget about why I even call myself a Christian and honestly I do feel ashamed of the gospel at times... didnt know how to approach a person or just find that I'm in no position to tell someone else what to do when I myself is doing the same wrong thing... I was ashamed.
But I know God is merciful! And yep I am of cos not ashamed of proclaiming His wonders and excellence now..there'll be times when im pretty off still..yet God will lift me up every time I'm down..so hurray~
I'm convinced of the necessity of meeting up with the VCF main body and potential of doing so much more together, more joyful in partnering so many other likeminded Christians for the glory of God. ECF had been pretty self-contained. Perhaps we have never really enforced the vision, never really bothered or somewhere along the year..we forgot about the reason why we are gathering together as a CF. Hence this year. lets not forgot the distinctively good reason why we are meeting. ECF shall be the mission team sent by God for God in Eusoff! :D
VCF Leaders Preparatory Camp was good. Thank God that I was able to attend it.. Attend out of bo bian-ness.. walked out with a lifted spirit. Praise the Lord!
Following that I went St John's to contd with Jasper's project. Was late lo... Bus 30 took soooo long!! ok.. i went out late too la.. :X the ferry waited(if not it would have left on the dot)..and everyone waited. The boss in charge was so stern...when i reached..she was like"this is the last time we are doing this for you..and please mind your footwear the next time.." (i was wearing slippers..supposed to wear shoes on the ferry) argh. what a monday morning! And then we set off to St John's with Jasper and KaiYing and yea Dexiang(who hold the ferry for me) and everyone else. Pissed that lady off cos I'm just a student attached there..not even a part time worker. They have to pay $35 for an additional person and then I was late... hahaha
The work for the day = clean tank, clean the maintenance nubbin tray, measure the 120 coral fragments(of which Kaiying & Jasper did most of the work,i was cleaning the HUGE bath tub!)..hmm thats bout it. and we took a whole day. Done at 430.Left at 530...I did a silly thing. haha its unbelieveable.
I stabbed myself in the left palm. Ok what happened was I actually forgot I was holding a retracted pen(was open..) in my hand while trying to slam a mosquito.. So I didnt manage to kill that pest but I stabbed myself and bled. heh! How stupid!!ok enough..stop laughing.
Met Esther and Jem in Vivo when De and I decided to have the claypot laksa in The Republic. it was such a coincidence! There was once I literally bumped into Esther in the evening of the same day they asked if I want to catch a movie with them & I rejected them.(hmm does this make sense..?)
Anw.. Then we had fun shopping..crapping..
Met Angie and Kaiying on Tues to talk about her project, and mainly help Angie with her choraline algae tiles.*got distracted..went to read some stuff on that haha* oh hmm we found pretty interesting stuff growing on these tiles and rubber.. there were baby corals, brittle star, annelides, tunicates & some other stuff that I really do not know. In fact Kaiying and I cant even name the things we found hahaha. only Angie knows lolx.
Kaiying decided on an 8MC UROPS. me too. decided yesterday.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programmes.. 8MCs = a year long project. Project Title : Growth and survival of scleractinian coral fragments in a man-made environment. My main project site would be at Sentosa Cove. Decided on this amongst the other project offers due to the fun factor~! And I can learn more on the job. Not that I cant learn from the Biochem lab under Prof Jeya or 'Leukemia' lab under Prof Khan of whom both I approached. Just that there were alot of complications..like Prof Jeya was still waiting for his honours student and then advised me to focus on just my academic modules, pull up my CAP and consider doing my honours under him inthe 4th year. Prof Khan (he totally has no idea what UROPs is) is under specifically the Dept of Medicine. So I cannot work under him at all.. different fac..If i really want to, I'll have to look for a co-sup which is quite impossible.. heh. Prof Jeya's offered project is on RNAi on the regulation of aquaporin in kidney cells(Caki cells?) while Prof's Khan who is dealing with Leukemia research will also be looking into RNAi, proteins and stuff like that. Argh its such a pity..not to be able to work under them. But perhaps its good also la. the work at Prof's Jey's lab for now is probably too much to bear. And for a year long project, I think I'll rather take something more outdoors and fun~hee so i can play while im on the job hahaha
Guess its all in the will of God. Started out wanting to work under Prof Chou and his corals, he said I could only do lab work cos I have no diving experience. but hey I can dive now(just no licence YET!) and the canal at Sentosa is only 2-3m deep.. perfect for beginners. hahaha. so.. at the end of the day..after going through so much hassle, all I can say is..
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Its another long post ... me and my lor sor ness hahaha. >.< well dun complain if you want to read it.. its my blog!!
Gotta go do some research and read literatures for my proj! Scleratinia``WHATS THAT! hee
