Friday, February 29, 2008: repentance
"Turn O Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love."
a shout of praise.
7:46 PM
Tuesday, February 19, 2008: back in perth
i've got about another 2 weeks more of school holidays left before the work starts to come in piles again. my initial plan of revising FA in the holidays failed miserably, but then again, that was before when i thought that i would join the masses of the unemployed. so theoretically, i didnt fail. heehee.
i'm slowly getting used to life here again, although there are moments when i look at the time and think of what would be happening if i were still working with innotrek; now for example, we would be rushing for washing point duty, getting ready to sit and shout at little kids who dont know how to walk around a bench instead of over it, at big kids who dont know how to tuck in their tshirts, and generally, at everyone who doesnt understand plain singlish. haha, the joys of being a trainer :P strange how something so short lived can make such a great impact in my life.
the weather has been rather pleasant so far, not crazy hot 40+ degree weather, thankfully. mid febuary is a good time to come back, better take note of it for future reference.
in the past 2 days ive been sitting in front of the telly watching dvd after dvd.. how awesome my life is. other than the extra 1.8 more hours that i've managed to fufill in my 25 hr driving requirement, i've been spending some quality time with yy and esther at home... although we should do more exciting things once in a while. oh well, at least tonight we're going to curtin to see glenna's convo! hurrah (:
i actually cant wait for school to start come to think about it. although the thought of having complete strangers in my tutes this time around (because i cant find any one taking the same combi as i am this time.. can you imagine having to do projects without kita or tasha? devastating hopefully i make/find friends in my tutes) seems rather scary and awful. but anyways, i'm looking forward to making new friends this semester.
finally, xiao's and my birthday picnic is tmr! yay! photos shall be up tmr, or as soon as possible. can't wait to meet up with the rest of the high school gang tmr (:
a shout of praise.
12:11 PM
Tuesday, February 5, 2008: inno inno (:
its been a good 3 full on weeks of becoming a freelance camp instructor. having done 5 camps and a day, teaching sunday school doesnt seem like a very daunting task anymore.
i think the thing i enjoy most during each camp comes in 2 parts: first, reading the comments about me on their evaluation forms, knowing how much by the end of the day whether i am appreciated/am not appreciated (mostly nice and good comments, except for the occasional random needs to smile more because mac said so, or dropped her glasses into the milo pond) and the latter being sending them home on their respective school buses at the end of every camp, simply because their faces says it all about how much they loved/hated those 3 days 2 nights away from home.
so what have i learnt? i guess i have learnt to become more patient, more giving, more loving. and i realise that there are alot alot more things to be learned, especially when i see the older trainers, or even the trainers in my batch, i see so many qualities and traits that i want to have and own. i guess it was also a time to admit my flaws, being lazy, having to put another's interest above my own and the list continues.. i look at the kids and their goals and objectives that they have set out to achieve through camp. fear of heights, fear of new environment, fear of being out of comfort zone, unity as a class. with each camp come and gone i see the fruits of their efforts; their courage, their faith, their determination. no wonder Jesus said to enter the kingdom of heaven you first have to have faith like a child.
in the past 3 weeks i have also made lots of valuable friendships. first came shafinaz, andrew, mel and wee ting, then came xl, sq, darylyn, kerenia, joayne, han wei, salman, alene, nat, calvin, then came amanda and shawn! i think my life has become alot more colourful with these weird bunch of crazy hyper friends. i think the eating together, sleeping together, laughing together, gossiping together, shaving together, cheering together, camwhoring together, to some degree crying together, looking out for one another just to name a few has made me feel like i belong somewhere on tiny singapore. so yay. give yourselves 16 inno claps. (: i cant believe another season has come and gone where i make new friends and have to leave them behind once again. but thats another thing i have yet to overcome.
a shout of praise.
3:11 AM
its been a good 3 full on weeks of becoming a freelance camp instructor. having done 5 camps and a day, teaching sunday school doesnt seem like a very daunting task anymore.