graduation in retrospect

Haa...3 yrs of poly life has flown and another more yrs approaches.When there's a beginning,there's an end.Truly,my poly chapter in my life is closed and nw another life chapter opens.As i looked upon those poly yrs,there were so many things that were running thru my mind.There were the time of stress and time of laughter and time of togetherness wif my class n FYP project mates.am veri glad n honoured to be wif them,throughout the whole 3 yrs in poly.There were also time of fun,time of trouble,time of uncertainty,time of tears,time of mirth wif the SP unit,serving God and growing with them.Those were the times i cherished veri much even though it may b full of tears n trouble.

As i looked back frm e time i first joined SP to the present time,i found tat my life then was alot more different frm nw.God has been working behind the scenes all this while,frm improving my relationship wif my parents,better relation to people,cleaning up e mess in unseen areas of my life to findin a life purpose.Even though i may hav a sketchy plan for e nxt 5 yrs,i can't really see what i'll exactly b doing in e nxt 5 to 10 yrs.After all life in this world is so uncertain.However,one certainty is that he'll b wif me n guide my step.Yesterday tis particular verse frm proverb 16:9 caught my heart:

In his heart a man plans his course,but the LORD determines his steps.

Yes.Despite all the plans i've made,all the uncertainty,God has a much better plan n he'll definitely carry it out for his gd n my own gd.

That's y i also see works of his grace n love in my poly life.Well,nt jus in my life only but also in other ppl's lives.Lives who r changed by him.That's y he's worthy of thanksgiving,praise n adoration.That y i wan to thank u Jesus,thank u n i love u!!

btw here's e photos taken durin e grad ceremony:

cold-stricken and champions final

Last wk has been a cold wk for me.I've been flu struck ever since last thursday like that.It started innocently as a sore throat and progressed to runny nose and finally to its full form-flu.But haha dun worry,i didn't become a flu freak like e picture above.Aside from the usual physical discomfort that comes wif cold,i was feelin drowsy for e whole 4 days.aRh...seriously i hate e feelin of being drowsy,other than i can sleep for e rest of e day :-).i can't seem to concentrate doing some stuffs like playing guitar and blogging etc.....But now tat it's gone,all is well and i can finally watch e champions league final.Nw tat's something which deserve some attention(coz am a liverpool fan ma..tat's y :-)).

The time has come for all football fans whether they r fans of man U,arsenal,bayern munich,AS roma,chelsea to enjoy e rematch between liverpool FC and AC milan.(sorry for all football fans who wished tat their team,instead of liverpool,would b playin.But tat's e truth) am really looking forward to tat match alot as a liverpool fan.For AC milan fans it's a match they would wan to have:redress e grievance n injustice caused by liverpool when they draw 3-3 and won the 2005 final by PK.To put it bluntly,it's gonna b a revenge match for all AC milan fans n players.Ever since the semi-finals,e two camps have been firing at one another through e media,so things are getting so fired up here that am feelin e heat.As a liverpool fan,i hope tat liverpool will whack AC's arse n get e cup back to liverpool.But at the same time,i also hope tat e game will played in clean,competitive spirit and tat there'll b no riot or violent action which may prove costly in human lives.yeap...let's battle it out in clean,competitive spirit n let e cup b in liverpool's hand...harhar!!

The case for the creator

I've jus started reading tis book today afternoon and it's been intellectually and spiritually satifying.Initially,i intended to read tis book to find out the answers to a bugging question tat's been in my mind for a long time.Ever since i've been a rededicated christian since 2004,creation of the world have been in mind.Why so?That's because the universe,earth and all living organisms on it were created in 6 days jus the bible says.But findings from astronomers thought so otherwise;it was found that the earth is billions of years old,which means that it was likely to be created billions of years ago.This contradiction in duration has increasingly become a question i can't affort to ignore coz it's beginning to challenge my faith in the truth of God's word in the face of scientific evidence.In my early believer days,am aware of this contradiction but nv questioned it until nw.i tink it's onli nw tat i've become more aware of e implication of tis.Well,i still haven had e answer to tis question yet coz i've only started readin today.But however this book provided tremendous insight into understanding intelligent design and evolution.

I remember there was one time i had to present intelligent design and evolution back in the SP core team discussion.Haha,i won't say hw it went(coz it went disastrously).But the preparation for the presentation introduced this concept of intelligent design to me.Basically,it's a idea which suggests that everything frm the universe to RNA's are created by an intelligent being.During my year 3,sem 1 life science elective module,i rmember that my lecturer taught bout the how histomers packages the DNA into smaller size.I was fascinated by how a DNA of usually 1.5m stretched in full length was packaged into uber small size by rolling histomers around it.It's not jus merely rolling e DNA and make it small,the number of DNA bases around the histomers and the length of DNA strand connecting histomers is precise.It truly brought to me a verse in psalms 139:14

I praise you because i am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful,i know that full well.

Yes,we were created so wonderfully and fearfully by a loving God who created the stars,sun,quasar and diverse myriad of living organism out of his overwhelming love for us,nt by random chances.Truly,all these were created so that it would point out to God's glory and majesty that's displayed in his creation.It reminds me of who he is and who i am.Because of his hands that ushered in creation with purpose in mind,no human is born with a purposeless life(if any darwin supporters says otherwise,be sure tat i'll b fired up over tis!!) because without God's hand in creation,we'll nt b here in the 1st place.After all,the odds of having the right number of proteins molecule and right sequence of biological process happening at the right time and desirable physical condition is staggering,close to zero chance of happening.By the same God,Jesus was sent to the earth to die for our sins,only to b raised on the third day.And today,here i am as a child of God coz of his deeds done on the cross,out of love for u n me.

That life science module really changed my views on science and maths.Last time,i was merely studying and learning concepts and theory without appreciating it,linking it to God and how to make human life better.But nw,i've finally appreciated it,understand it,link it to God's honour and glory and think of its implication for making better human life.Yeah...it's no longer that boring anymore.It influenced my decision to pursue chemistry,instead of chemical eng in local U coz am nt tat concerned bout making loads of cash as an engineer but to pursue my interest in chemistry n be a research medicinal chemist(tat means i hav to get Permanently Head Damaged,PhD in short...haha).So that i'll b able to produce medicine to cure disease,at e same time make discovery tat will attribute all glory and honour to him :-)

I find it gd book that's worth more than a try,so u gotta read it if u wanna untd more about God's creation n nt b daunted by scientific terms :-)

Skating and K-boxing

Labour day was spend on skating and k-boxing.I haven't been ice-skating since a yr n half ago liao,but strangely it took me 2 hrs to skate normally when i thought tat it'll take me longer time to skate normally.The sensation of speeding on e ice is really high.But i fell 4 times and the last one made me glide quite a distance away.When i think about it,it's realli funny :-)After the skating,my heel got blistered by those tight skating shoes(y does skating shoes hav to b so tight sia!!)Despite of e physical hurt i got from skating,it's been enjoyable skating wif my CG.

After skating,we went to K-box n sing KTV.During e KTV,i realised tat ken n matthew r gd KTV singers.The 2 of them r like K 歌子王...haha.As for me,i didn't sing tat much coz i can't sing for nuts...haha.But all in all,it's been a great day!!!

What was lost,is found

Yesterday i was very very fortunate tat my phone,once lost,is found again.It's a testimony i wanna share.

Yesterday,after e CG at istana park,i went to e toilet in a real hurry coz i got stomachache.While doing "big n small business",i accidently placed my phone on the plastic toilet paper cover.I only realised that i put my hand inside my pocket while walking to dhobi ghout MRT station.I got a real panic when i realised tat and immediately went back to the toilet.But when i returned to the toilet,the phone was already taken away(thanks lester for comin wif me!!)."Am finished lah"i thought to my self.But thank God,the phone was returned to me after ken called my phone and met e person who took it.

This incident has added to my faith as God displayed his unfailing love n faithfulness,even when i thought that i would b impossible to get back since it's in someone else's pocket.As for tat lack of faith,i've asked for his forgiveness and repented liao.At the same time,it also made me reflect upon myself becoz i would usually pray if i lost my stuff,but tis time round i didn't pray at all.i still dun noe e ans to tat,but i hope tat unbelief will nt b my undoing in my daily life coz i can't imagine a day where i live my life w/o God.I've experienced it b4 n i dun wan tat to happen again.

Yesterday was also the first time,am playin e guitar in e CG.It is something i had nv thought that he would b doing.It all began when zul told me via MSN tat i would playing e guitar for CG,while i was playing football manager 07.I was quite stunned and got my southampton team kenna thrashed by others.After that,i was informed of the choice of songs(heart of worship and victory chant)for P&W.I felt some pressure coz i want to do my best as a guitarist for e CG n i had nv played these 2 songs b4.The pressure eased greatly as i found tat e chord for victory chant is uber easy n had no specific progression(strumming pattern).So the only song i had to tackle with is heart of worship.Fortunately,matthew helped me to find e song n e correct chords for e heart of worship coz dere's so many version of heart of worship such as in A key,D key,C key,you name it,e net have it(thank God for matthew,whew!!).B4 the friday CG,the preparation went very well and quick.So in the end,all preparation was finished by thursday.During the preparation,God assured me in my heart that all e effort i put for the preparation will nt go in vain n that e result of e preparation would b under his control coz he's wif me.

Truly,throughout the preparation and CG,things may nt hav flow as smoothly as i wanted but God is in control always.Throughout tis wk,i've learnt,experienced and grow as a believer n as a guitarist.yeah,i'll continue to play more songs,improve n learnt more technique n songs.So tat nxt time,i'll will b a better guitarist :-)