Thursday, November 16, 2006 @ 1:49 PM

I am ready now to blog about my promos. Geee.. it took really long eh. About a month. or 2 weeks. Thanks ya all out that who've been reminding me about this, really appreciate it. The main purpose of this entry is to give glory to God for whatever he has done, which in this point of time i can defintely say, was one of the hardest times in my life. Are you ready? ARE YOU READY? you're supposed to say EVER READY! okae let's try it again..

Alright.. i'm kidding.

JC life, must i stress this again, is a very good mixture of very good fun and very good stress. You can have fun until you forget you name ( i am totally serious), and you can stress until you lose all rationailty. Ever since mid years (which i did very very VERY badly.. UUUSC), God has been ever so gracious to either let me JUST pass certain subjects or excel. It was truly by God's grace.

But still i had difficulty coping with the much faster pace and inevitable work from PW, House and what not.. tho i can say i never regretted it.

Then our church had an inaugural service, to celebrate and give thanks for the new place God has given us. Upon knowing that they wanted to give me a task to choreograph a dance (and get the dancers), i knew it was something God had prepare for me to do.

Recalling early march this year when i went for the dance auditions (just to find out what in the world they do at dance auditions), i felt absolutely hopeless. Having zero dance background, unless u want to consider the musicals and dances i've choreo-ed and hooked up with then it's about 10 percent, it was kinda obvious i could understand what in the world pirouette or shanez (did i spell that correctly?) is. Then i told God, there and then when the technique instructor made us do a RIDICULOUS turn, that if i ever got through to dance there's got to be a reason, better be a good one, if not just let me out of this place, it's crazy.

By now many of you should know that, yearp, i'm in dance. THough it is still tormenting to try and do the splits (URGH) and flat back and kicks (u really dont want to continually do taht for 1 hr 30 min), I know God put me in there for a reason.. or many reasons.

And so, when i knew there was something for me to do in God's house, i took it up, despite knowing that it clashed terribly with my promos. How do i emphasize terribly... erm. Say the day before the first paper of promos.

During the preparation for the performance, i fell into a seceral hardspots. First was getting the dancers, then the choreography and then many many other stuff. I wont deny that i was disheartened, and i questioned God if this was the right thing to do, whether i should have even taken the job. But thanks to the many friends God has put around me, time and time again he encouraged and assured me.

One such passage God gave to me through a brother was 2 Cor 9 (vs 6-15). I still remember that evening when i was struggling with differentiation, and thourghly distressed that i couldnt do 5 sums in a row, i just broke down. The item was roughly done in sketches and i just wanted to give up on everything. But throught that passage, God reminded me several things..

1. "Remeber this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."

2. "Each man should give what he ahs decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or udner compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver"

3."And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things and at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work"

4. "You will be made rich in every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God"

I kept it as a promise from God. It seemed impossible, with the very little I know i will even get a chance to promote to J2, given that my school is known for having the highest retention rate.. we havent mentioned the kick outs..

I barely knew how to work ionic equillibrium.. why do you have to add.. what you call that again?
What ksp .. huh? solubility product?
How do you find the matrix on the gc again?

i cant even work my gc. It is so irritating you know it's like... okae.. back to this

Impossibilities are always chances for God's miracles. He can make all this possible. During pre promos, promos and post promos, i kept prayer for my three friends who i hold close to.. (not saying that any of you out there are not okae...u all are, just that God place three of them in my heart to pray for). Everyday, without fail, i'd pray for them, not to meet miss lai, not to get retained or kicked out of MJC. Life in J2 wouldnt be as great without having them around. I prayed for myself, about the same thing, but i knew the ultimate decision lies in God's hands. If there was something he needed for me to do or something he wanted me to go through in J2, then he'll promote me, or else it means he has something greater out there for me.

if you refer to one of my older posts, whatever i'm saying next in the paragraph is just a short summary. my life as a chrisitian is a living sacrifice to God. He can do whatever He wants with it. I trust fully in my God that wherever He leads I will follow, no matter how hard it is, because God never put us in bad situation without redemption.The final conclusion to promos is that. I got promoted. barely. How bare?

Econs -44.7 round up to 45 (E)
Math - 46 (E) (i never understood why the subject i studied least for always scores the highest)
Chemistry -36 (S) (this is because, the dropped the subpass grade.. it's 35, supposed to be 40)
Geography -- 45 (E)
GP -67 or 68 (B) (Joel i am STILL gona get you for this! it is so unfair at times..)

45 is the minimum grade for E.

MJ's promotional criteria is...
H1 content based minimum S
H2 content based minimum E and one S
GP E and above

So basically i hit the MINIMUM promotional criteria. Like u know how freakishly close that is? Thank God they add in the CA scores only to pull ur grades up not down. I still can't believe it.

Nice ending is that none of the friends i prayed for met Ms lai nor got retained nor kicked out.
And i guess there's really something in stored for me in J2.. and i am just EXCITED. WOOHOO!!

So i promised God that i will give glory to him.. through this blog (so many of you can read it and i dont have to repeat so many times). SOrry for keeping some of you waiting and all.. but it's out already! Fresh from the oven.

okae it's just creepy cos i just saw a big BLUE bee buzzing outside my window. My window's lock.. but dont you think a blue bee's like very....

Sorry...

"This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. And in their prayers for your their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" 2 Cor 9:12-15

That's the last part God reminded me, to also remind ya all out there. Dont hold back giving thanks to God and proclaiming of His good works. That's something we're here for too.

For what i've been up to lately.. check the next entry oake? Cos MUAHAHA... cant say.. wont say.. tho some of you out there know so much already.. AINING DON'T SAY!

Love ya all my great friends.. wont have to list you all out cos i think u know who u are.

This is an adaptation from my blog joyfulcomplication.blogspot. Thanks ya all!

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