Tuesday, February 6, 2007: movies and other things.
today was a very good day (: i managed to get a job with student cafe under judy's recommendation, or at least i think i did! sent in my timetable, and i start working when school starts, only because the owner's going back to malaysia. oh well, even though i'll be bored for the remainding of the holiday, i guess its a good time to really rest well and get ready for school. (: had to do some rearranging with my timetable as well, so that my working hours are more flexible. judy says the pay & friends there are really good! since its an all asian hire and owned place, should be quite exciting! i should brush up on my chinese too, cos the owner speaks chinese and my chinese has really degraded to like sub-zero standard! but i guess its ok, cos like i really do understand, i just dont speak it that well anymore ): thank God for taiwanese drama series! :D hehe, so my understanding of the language still works!
anyway, was supposed to go shopping with judy and glenna today, and then go for some student guild meeting to represent OCF as a club. but instead of shopping we ended up watching movies and eating nandos for dinner! was quite a fun time. bought ice cream after the meeting and went back to glenna's to hang for abit and watch another dvd - singapore dreaming. was a pretty good movie in my opinion, although sometimes abstract and has a lack of drama (i mean after all its a movie,the climax didnt really peak and all), it really epitomised the struggles of the lower/lower-middle income people in singapore e.g. non-graduates, and how that forces them into a hunger for money. its also a movie about wanting to achieve success eg the 5 c's, wanting the best in life, yet not working hard for it, relationships, miscommunication, coping with the stresses in life, and how at the end of the day, what you treasure more.
i guess for me its a really good eyeopener, and i feel really appreciative of what i was blessed with, a good education, and now i'm in uni already. i feel thankful for the salary my parents draw each month, and how we dont really have any diffculty in actually paying debts, and fighting over wills and all, its enough to get by in semi-luxury, at least compared to what these people depicted in the film are going through. i'm thankful enough. and i do feel guilty of always complaining when i dont have enough to spend.
i was just reflecting on the whole film: you might go "wahhh, that guy's so irritating, i cant stand him, he's such a bum!!", "omg, i cant believe that girl's so stupid, she's like this desperado, paying for all his expenses, when they're not even married!". i dont feel its wrong to feel this way cos i did, and the movie's made in the way to evoke this response. i think only when you look at things in the big picture, then you would realise the mistakes that these people are making, the foolishness of their actions. when you're actually in this situation, life can be very different and the choices you make might not be the best one. in the christian context, you might even go, "oh man! these guys are so silly! chasing after $$, whats' more important? God or the cash?" i think, i really need to challenge myself to think that if i were in their position, would it be as easy to get by as i do now? would i be having the same comment about cash and God, the way i do now? i guess not.
but one thing i've learnt today, i realise as i type this entry, is the magnitude of God's plan. He has the plans for our lives. He's the one looking in the larger picture, He knows whats to come, and what we have already gone through. He knows when to correct us, He knows our folly, He rejoices in the right paths we choose to follow, and only He knows how to save us.
God knows the best way to live my life to the full potential. (:
in other news, i'm going to go shopping with judy tmr for her uni clothes (summer sales (: ), catching up with sch friends on thurs, and beaching with judy and glenna on fri, and on sat GUESS WHO'S BIRTHDAY IT IS!! :D:D having dinner with daddy and joash i think! ♥
i think i could get used to uni life (: its getting interesting.
a shout of praise.
9:15 PM
