yes thats right, after almost 2 months of classes, i had my final exam today....
hahaha to be perfectly honest i didn't do myself proud with my commitment... man i'm so teruk at procrastinating... hahaha DELAY... then DELAY lagi... and then friday night i get sedikit takut lahh... (if ure wondering why im using bahasa... hahaha i feel nostalgic lol)
yeah i managed to cover it all eventually... culminating in a stressful half day of study on Sunday arvo and nite.... hahaha... (man i should stop being so darn last-minute)
but yeah as i was explaining to CM just now... uni is 13 weeks holiday and 2 weeks cramming (well in first year anyways, well ok we'll allow 2 extra nights of study for assorted midsems :-P) NB: assume 15 week semesters... hahaha... also for my sake assume that i never wrote the above sentence.
"Everyone should go to all their lectures and do their tutes on time... on time meaning at least 15 minutes before the commencement of the tute" (i'd like to think i've disposed of my responsibilities to be a good role model with that last sentence :-P... hahaha forget it)
well to be honest the exam was very long... 5 long questions... wrote abt 10 pages altogether... lotsa messy graphs (1st fundamental rule of econs exams : graphs = some free marks :-P) woke up that mornin with a nosebleed ... not stress hahaha i dunno what cos i wasnt that stressed to be honest (resigned to fate :-D)
i think i did orite...:-P should pass... i hope lol
anywayz yes Sunday was the first church service since mid-Nov that i havent been playin guitar :-P... hahaha felt abit weird to be honest... as i was sayin in the car... "when was the last time i went to church with u guys(my parents)?" :-P
it was excellent (church is always good :-D) for the first time in a while i didn't have to worry abt chords, rhythm... or other mundane things which if ignored while playing lead to musical mini-disasters... :-P
yeah this was a shorter blog this week... nuffin much to rant abt :-D
cyas all dudez :-D
Monday, February 21, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
well... havent blogged in a while lol
yeah hmmm lets see monday was my last set of lectures for the summer unit i've been doing since the 3rd of Jan... with the final exam on Monday... well hahaha after this unit's completion i'll now owe $684 to the Govt :-P to be repaid sometime...
yes and have i been making the best of it? well i dont know... whats the "opportunity cost" of that $$$? hmmm an IPOD? yeah... oh well not that i had a choice anywayz... it was either do the unit in the summer or overload both semesters ....
yes anywayz have just entered my tute preferences for Sem 1... thanx to JWS for reminding me :-D would completely have forgotten otherwise lol
yeah if all goes to plan, i have 4 half days next sem :-D i mean, there's a few early starts here and there, but with only 15 contact hours (i think thats about it lol) spread over 5 days :-D it's lookin like a fun Sem 1, until exams come anywayz lol
then again, the Online Class Registration system hasn't been kind to me in the past... i remember Sem 2 when due to some screwup (well it's either that or they just dont like me, and i'd like to think i was a likeable person :-P), i ended up at the uni from 8am to 6pm on Tuesdays, with like 9 classes on that day... supposedly one of the allocation criteria is the distance one stays from the uni, well is CanningVale far enough for u?
yes what else have i been doin? hmmm not much ... just some study for my exam lol... might as well make the most of my $684 :-D
have 3 topics to cover in 4 days and 1 morning (monday morning) ... should make it in time :-P
after a prolonged period of procrastination, i finally finished the 1500 word essay due monday that morning at around 12:30 am... :-P yes dont say it, i'm abit of a last minute person
hahaha well considering i only started seriously on Wednesday... it was abit dodgy for a research assignment on road pricing lol... actually very dodgy since yeah... research kinda isn't my thing (Google it!!! :-P) i think i googled most of the assignment yes, and the rest of the references were from Da Jie's notes (i didnt reference her notes, but there were some very relevant articles in the 500+ pages she gave me lol :-D)
Sunday was another excellent church service
the sermon was on being a Steward of God, which i found particularly relevant to myself. its often hard to remember that we came into earth with nothing, and thus we are merely stewards, not owners of everything we have (our abilities, possessions etc). so why are we so attached to ourselves in general if it all belongs to God? like for example, i'm extremely attached to my guitar (given to me by my father 2 years ago)... like hahaha i would consider taking a bullet for it lol (well in a non-lethal area... try my right arm for example, cos im a leftie :-P)
anywayz back to a more serious note... why am i strongly attached to it if "A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15)? because i'm a sinful person (NB: i would never put it above God though) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace throught the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" Romans 3:23-24 ... Cheers... we all are sinners and it is only because of Grace that we are saved. but would i be willing to give it all up to follow Him? or would i be like the rich young man? "Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" 2 Timothy 3:12. *nothing comes without a price* yes... but well for Him who died for me... what price is too great to pay?after all, "blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you nad insult you nad reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven." Luke 6:22-23
in the words of a song i heard recently:
"for me you came and died
for you now i do live
you bled upon the cross now i am free
i want nothing more than just to be with you
closer to you jesus you make me feel brand new
and i cant live without you anymore
i'm living for you, and the world will know your truth
i'm gonna shine your light in the darkness
i'll go for you, nothing can stand in my way
teach me God your holy ways
i'm living for you" Youth Alive WA
"now get up and stand on your feet" Acts 26:16. as Jesus exhorted Paul... well what are we waiting for?
the sermon also linked with a few things that i've come to realize more seriously in the past weeks. it took a phone call from my cell leader to remind me that we're only here because of grace. God doesn't need our abilities. he can easily raise someone else up to serve Him...
i have recently been reading a book, "The heavenly man", on Brother Yun, a man who has suffered much for God in China, and yet has refused ever to stop spreading the gospel, and it is towards the end when he is quoted as saying:
"we are absolutely nothing. we have nothing to be proud about. we have no abilities and nothing to offer God. the fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace. it has nothing to do with us. if God should choose to raise up others for his purpose and never use us again we would have nothing to complain about"
now if a giant of faith like Brother Yun can say this, well... it just reaffirms what i've been learning lately. God doesn't need me or my abilities for his kingdom. he can take my meager talents away from me if he so wishes, and given my many failings i definitely know it is because of grace :-P.
It is God's divine grace that gives us a chance... something that struck me as i read my Bible (dont do it nearly often enough lol) and flipped to Psalms
"where can i go from Your spirit?
where can i flee from Your presence?
if i go up to the heavens You are there;
if i make my bed in the depths You are there;
if i rise on the wings of dawn,
if i settle on the far side of the sea,
Your right hand will hold me fast"
Psalms 139:7-10
how gorgeous is that? even when we try to run away from Him in our sinfulness... He will still search for us for "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Romans 8:35. he will never force us to follow him, no, but he desires a deeper relationship with us.
"Here i am! i stand at the door and knock. if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, i will come in and eat with him, and he with me" Revelations 3:20
is He knocking at the door of your heart?
yeah hmmm lets see monday was my last set of lectures for the summer unit i've been doing since the 3rd of Jan... with the final exam on Monday... well hahaha after this unit's completion i'll now owe $684 to the Govt :-P to be repaid sometime...
yes and have i been making the best of it? well i dont know... whats the "opportunity cost" of that $$$? hmmm an IPOD? yeah... oh well not that i had a choice anywayz... it was either do the unit in the summer or overload both semesters ....
yes anywayz have just entered my tute preferences for Sem 1... thanx to JWS for reminding me :-D would completely have forgotten otherwise lol
yeah if all goes to plan, i have 4 half days next sem :-D i mean, there's a few early starts here and there, but with only 15 contact hours (i think thats about it lol) spread over 5 days :-D it's lookin like a fun Sem 1, until exams come anywayz lol
then again, the Online Class Registration system hasn't been kind to me in the past... i remember Sem 2 when due to some screwup (well it's either that or they just dont like me, and i'd like to think i was a likeable person :-P), i ended up at the uni from 8am to 6pm on Tuesdays, with like 9 classes on that day... supposedly one of the allocation criteria is the distance one stays from the uni, well is CanningVale far enough for u?
yes what else have i been doin? hmmm not much ... just some study for my exam lol... might as well make the most of my $684 :-D
have 3 topics to cover in 4 days and 1 morning (monday morning) ... should make it in time :-P
after a prolonged period of procrastination, i finally finished the 1500 word essay due monday that morning at around 12:30 am... :-P yes dont say it, i'm abit of a last minute person
hahaha well considering i only started seriously on Wednesday... it was abit dodgy for a research assignment on road pricing lol... actually very dodgy since yeah... research kinda isn't my thing (Google it!!! :-P) i think i googled most of the assignment yes, and the rest of the references were from Da Jie's notes (i didnt reference her notes, but there were some very relevant articles in the 500+ pages she gave me lol :-D)
Sunday was another excellent church service
the sermon was on being a Steward of God, which i found particularly relevant to myself. its often hard to remember that we came into earth with nothing, and thus we are merely stewards, not owners of everything we have (our abilities, possessions etc). so why are we so attached to ourselves in general if it all belongs to God? like for example, i'm extremely attached to my guitar (given to me by my father 2 years ago)... like hahaha i would consider taking a bullet for it lol (well in a non-lethal area... try my right arm for example, cos im a leftie :-P)
anywayz back to a more serious note... why am i strongly attached to it if "A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15)? because i'm a sinful person (NB: i would never put it above God though) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace throught the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" Romans 3:23-24 ... Cheers... we all are sinners and it is only because of Grace that we are saved. but would i be willing to give it all up to follow Him? or would i be like the rich young man? "Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" 2 Timothy 3:12. *nothing comes without a price* yes... but well for Him who died for me... what price is too great to pay?after all, "blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you nad insult you nad reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven." Luke 6:22-23
in the words of a song i heard recently:
"for me you came and died
for you now i do live
you bled upon the cross now i am free
i want nothing more than just to be with you
closer to you jesus you make me feel brand new
and i cant live without you anymore
i'm living for you, and the world will know your truth
i'm gonna shine your light in the darkness
i'll go for you, nothing can stand in my way
teach me God your holy ways
i'm living for you" Youth Alive WA
"now get up and stand on your feet" Acts 26:16. as Jesus exhorted Paul... well what are we waiting for?
the sermon also linked with a few things that i've come to realize more seriously in the past weeks. it took a phone call from my cell leader to remind me that we're only here because of grace. God doesn't need our abilities. he can easily raise someone else up to serve Him...
i have recently been reading a book, "The heavenly man", on Brother Yun, a man who has suffered much for God in China, and yet has refused ever to stop spreading the gospel, and it is towards the end when he is quoted as saying:
"we are absolutely nothing. we have nothing to be proud about. we have no abilities and nothing to offer God. the fact that he chooses to use us is only due to his grace. it has nothing to do with us. if God should choose to raise up others for his purpose and never use us again we would have nothing to complain about"
now if a giant of faith like Brother Yun can say this, well... it just reaffirms what i've been learning lately. God doesn't need me or my abilities for his kingdom. he can take my meager talents away from me if he so wishes, and given my many failings i definitely know it is because of grace :-P.
It is God's divine grace that gives us a chance... something that struck me as i read my Bible (dont do it nearly often enough lol) and flipped to Psalms
"where can i go from Your spirit?
where can i flee from Your presence?
if i go up to the heavens You are there;
if i make my bed in the depths You are there;
if i rise on the wings of dawn,
if i settle on the far side of the sea,
Your right hand will hold me fast"
Psalms 139:7-10
how gorgeous is that? even when we try to run away from Him in our sinfulness... He will still search for us for "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Romans 8:35. he will never force us to follow him, no, but he desires a deeper relationship with us.
"Here i am! i stand at the door and knock. if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, i will come in and eat with him, and he with me" Revelations 3:20
is He knocking at the door of your heart?
Sunday, February 06, 2005
im blogging cos my cousin told me to
yeah the title should say it all...
hmmm okies Carol's my very intelligent, sharp, funny cousin (this statement is made without any duress at all) who is currently studying final law at the University of Bristol... having had the pleasure of spending extended periods of time with the said cousin and her family (which is also my family :-P) during my last trip back to KL (last June), hahaha all that i can say is that yes family is family :-D... hehehe yeah hmmmm also a very musically talented wing of my family :-D (lets see... church keyboardist, lead guitar rite?) .
hehehe the line "the hills are alive, with the sound of music!!!", sung loudly by 3 different voices over the scenic backdrop of Cameron Highlands is generally quite a great way to pass time... (may have given Uncle D a headache lol) yeah but it was fun... then again reenacting parts of the musical that night in the chalet may have taken the joke abit too far... i've never laughed that loud in my life lol (it appears 'the sound of music' has had a huge influence on my family... "my roots man"
yeah spending time in confined spaces with family can get abit... interesting is the word to use here... after a while... i believe it was Carol who noted that if the trip had been on for an extra day (rather than just the 3 days 2 nights) yeah we might have ended up killing each other... hehehe mainly due to my idiosyncracies... and some of hers i might add... but yeah it came down to name-calling in the end (i might add that she's 22)
okies i take it the reason she asked me to blog was because she's interested in what goes on in her cousin's life in boring old Perth... hmmm yeah what did i do this week?
lets see uni on mon and wed... procrastination on my essay due next monday, yeah im supposed to be doing it now... but my cousin insisted lol :-P (i'll blame her now)
okies... oh yeah saw Ray on Thursday. i would give it 7.5/10 i guess. am not a huge fan of biopics in general as yeah quite frequently the character of person the film's about is generally airbrushed to a glistening shine. but yeah i was pretty impressed. Ray Charles Robinson... what a muso... i dont think i could ever play the piano if i were blind (can't play it with both eyes, come to think of it...) yeah and the film deals with some pretty serious themes... heroin addiction, racism in the South in the 50s... the general discrimination against handicapped ppl which is still quite a recurrent issue in society i believe. i enjoyed the movie alot... and the music? PHENOMENAL... yeah i mean i loved it. he's brilliant... so much energy, flair, passion in his music, his voice... the cons? well its a tad long at 2 and a half hours... and gets draggy at parts... and the use of flashbacks... hmm i dont know ehh (up to personal preferences here... i didn't mind them to be honest.. helped add abit of colour, tie up loose ends etc)
great acting by Jamie Fox btw... who did a good job in portraying a man who was often tortured by guilt, seeking refuge in his music...
okies yeah after the movie... went to church worship team prac at the Maths LT... not bad lahh i guess... what songs did we do? hmm cant remember ehh :-D... yeah it was ok i guess... only my battery ran out at the end... so no power for my acoustic at the end :-P
hmmm Friday had an early CNY dinner with family... well the rest of the extended family here in Perth... Gong Xi Fa Cai, Sun Lin Fai Lok to all my frens and family back in KL and wherever really (well hahaha just Carol in the UK i think...) yeah miss u all heaps...
sigh have to go to uni on CNY day (not a public holiday in Perth. even if it was well the powers that be at UWA have decided that public holidays are not worth skipping classes over... why? ive missed 2 public holidays already hahaha)... anywayz dinner was good... good to catch up with family (well 14 of us i think at the end)... had some mou tai (chinese rice wine... strong, bad-tasting stuff)... can't say i will have it again but to my credit i didnt embarass myself :-D
Sunday... hmmm Church as usual... played guitar...
what songs did we do? ok i might actually remember this :-P
1. Open up the gates (B)
2. For all you've done (E)
3. Jesus the same (E)
4. We fall down (E)
5. Only by grace (G)
yeah wasnt a bad service... hehehe having to quickly improvise 'Only By Grace'... hahaha well at least i'm improving on the playing by ear thing... :-D
lets see went to play bball with some of the guys after church... ended up in a 3 on 3 hahaha where my woeful shooting was exposed... i think i sank 2 out of like... 20? yeah hehehe not my game :-P... okies signing off for now
gotta start that essay lol
hmmm okies Carol's my very intelligent, sharp, funny cousin (this statement is made without any duress at all) who is currently studying final law at the University of Bristol... having had the pleasure of spending extended periods of time with the said cousin and her family (which is also my family :-P) during my last trip back to KL (last June), hahaha all that i can say is that yes family is family :-D... hehehe yeah hmmmm also a very musically talented wing of my family :-D (lets see... church keyboardist, lead guitar rite?) .
hehehe the line "the hills are alive, with the sound of music!!!", sung loudly by 3 different voices over the scenic backdrop of Cameron Highlands is generally quite a great way to pass time... (may have given Uncle D a headache lol) yeah but it was fun... then again reenacting parts of the musical that night in the chalet may have taken the joke abit too far... i've never laughed that loud in my life lol (it appears 'the sound of music' has had a huge influence on my family... "my roots man"
yeah spending time in confined spaces with family can get abit... interesting is the word to use here... after a while... i believe it was Carol who noted that if the trip had been on for an extra day (rather than just the 3 days 2 nights) yeah we might have ended up killing each other... hehehe mainly due to my idiosyncracies... and some of hers i might add... but yeah it came down to name-calling in the end (i might add that she's 22)
okies i take it the reason she asked me to blog was because she's interested in what goes on in her cousin's life in boring old Perth... hmmm yeah what did i do this week?
lets see uni on mon and wed... procrastination on my essay due next monday, yeah im supposed to be doing it now... but my cousin insisted lol :-P (i'll blame her now)
okies... oh yeah saw Ray on Thursday. i would give it 7.5/10 i guess. am not a huge fan of biopics in general as yeah quite frequently the character of person the film's about is generally airbrushed to a glistening shine. but yeah i was pretty impressed. Ray Charles Robinson... what a muso... i dont think i could ever play the piano if i were blind (can't play it with both eyes, come to think of it...) yeah and the film deals with some pretty serious themes... heroin addiction, racism in the South in the 50s... the general discrimination against handicapped ppl which is still quite a recurrent issue in society i believe. i enjoyed the movie alot... and the music? PHENOMENAL... yeah i mean i loved it. he's brilliant... so much energy, flair, passion in his music, his voice... the cons? well its a tad long at 2 and a half hours... and gets draggy at parts... and the use of flashbacks... hmm i dont know ehh (up to personal preferences here... i didn't mind them to be honest.. helped add abit of colour, tie up loose ends etc)
great acting by Jamie Fox btw... who did a good job in portraying a man who was often tortured by guilt, seeking refuge in his music...
okies yeah after the movie... went to church worship team prac at the Maths LT... not bad lahh i guess... what songs did we do? hmm cant remember ehh :-D... yeah it was ok i guess... only my battery ran out at the end... so no power for my acoustic at the end :-P
hmmm Friday had an early CNY dinner with family... well the rest of the extended family here in Perth... Gong Xi Fa Cai, Sun Lin Fai Lok to all my frens and family back in KL and wherever really (well hahaha just Carol in the UK i think...) yeah miss u all heaps...
sigh have to go to uni on CNY day (not a public holiday in Perth. even if it was well the powers that be at UWA have decided that public holidays are not worth skipping classes over... why? ive missed 2 public holidays already hahaha)... anywayz dinner was good... good to catch up with family (well 14 of us i think at the end)... had some mou tai (chinese rice wine... strong, bad-tasting stuff)... can't say i will have it again but to my credit i didnt embarass myself :-D
Sunday... hmmm Church as usual... played guitar...
what songs did we do? ok i might actually remember this :-P
1. Open up the gates (B)
2. For all you've done (E)
3. Jesus the same (E)
4. We fall down (E)
5. Only by grace (G)
yeah wasnt a bad service... hehehe having to quickly improvise 'Only By Grace'... hahaha well at least i'm improving on the playing by ear thing... :-D
lets see went to play bball with some of the guys after church... ended up in a 3 on 3 hahaha where my woeful shooting was exposed... i think i sank 2 out of like... 20? yeah hehehe not my game :-P... okies signing off for now
gotta start that essay lol
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