Commitments

Commitments here, commitments there. I think i've over committed myself as usual this semester. This semester i was supposedly going to relax a little and concentrating on my studies, but instead i've hastily formed stupid decisions to work more. Hmmmmmmmmm, being committed and responsible is a big thing. You don't realise it until you're actually right in the heart of things. I'm leading youth group this semester and even though i'm not sure if i'm gonna be able to do it well or not i'm just praying that God can give me the strength. I'm also hoping that i can leave Sunday as a big rest day for me. Currently it's mon-fri uni for me, and also working at Student IT at Melb Uni and also ANZ and sometimes coaching badminton at good ol' ivanhoe grammar. I'm hoping that i won't collapse, coz yer i still need time to spend with family, friends and also Dot :) But yer, we've compromised and agreed we won't see each other tooo often since we're all busy busy busy.

I sometimes think that Satan uses busy-ness to get to us in our lives. We occupy ourselves with so much junk that WE want to do, or what we think we need to do that we just leave out quiet time altogether. I think that everyone needs a person in their lives to give them each a reality check from now and then. I've got mine.

Tonight was nice. Adrian got back from Japan yesterday and we all went out for dinner together in Box Hill, La Porchetta (since none of us could decide). Conversations didn't all waddle around Adrian's long 6 month trip away, but was more focused on Soh being drunk at Mica's party. Hmmmm, which reminds me soh, please, don't get drunk....... you should know better please =) Anyhow, the incidents in which followed his actions, depicted by Sam were quite hilarious. In any case, we finished dinner and they all came to my place for a good ol classic "Shawshank Redemption" =) Must admit that i just can't stop lovin that movie. There's no particular awesome bits in the movie, but the clever panning of the film, the way that the director uses the sounds, how when someone walks up the stairs, u don't hear the foot steps banging away, but it's the small hand rail that's being clenched, just very subtle things make a very big difference. And the fact that the movie also has a Narrator that is part of the cast is quite good. The way in which the Narrator reveals the story, and his voice, gives u a sense of calmness and serenity, because the music played a big part in also allowing the film to, at times be intense and at times be nice and relaxing.

Anyhow.......... so yer, life is currently smoothly sailing, but i'm quite worried spiritually. I believe that i need to pray more :) I see things being done by people who shouldn't do things that they're doing, and i see no realisation of wrong, but i don't want to judge so i think i'll just have to chuck all my worries and stuff to God =p Also, since i'll be leading this year, i need to fully prepare myself coz yer, you wanna know not just the passage inside out, but be prepared in all circumstances and be 'full of salt' and yer be able to answer anything =p

Alright, sleep time....... i need to remember to go buy things and return tapes tomorrrow >.<

21 years and still going

So this is the blog in which i'm meant to post what's been happening the 21 blessed years of my life. Hmmmmmmm, i guess i want to thank God that He's been so good to me. He's blessed me with a family that cares and loves me, He's given me friends in my life that i can really say are my bros and mates for life, and He's given me ups and downs in my life so that i may learn from the good times and the bad. The good times though, are normally sugar coated so you sometimes forget that God's trying to teach you a lesson because you're enjoying those good times so much, that's why when bad times come, they shine like they've never shone before.

A lot of people blog nowadays, it's i guess a good thing. Sometimes you want other people to know things about you that they don't really know about, and rather than telling them directly, you can pretend that you're thinking about it and post a blog, and when they read it they'll realise things about you they've never known =p It also helps relieve stress. Often, stressed people just need to splurt it all out and not bottle things inside of them, and one way of doing that is through blogging/diary making etc.

So. Let's compare what i am now and work backwards. Currently, i'm a 4th year Electrical Engineering student with a diploma in Modern Languages (Japanese). I have 2 years left in my course. I have one subject left for my Diploma. I work part time at Melbourne Uni doing IT helpdesk/tech support stuff. I also work part time at ANZ doing customer service/accounts stuff and i also coach the Ivanhoe Grammar badminton team. I occasionally lead worship now and then at church but i'm normally either on piano or singing every week or so. I'm starting to co-lead small groups since i'm a bit busy this semester and generally i like to either watch dramas/anime or go have a round of 50 balls at the driving range or zoom around in my car to and from Dot's house =p

So what was life like before all of this ? mmmmmm, i used to play badminton more often, play computer games, and i occasionally played basketball. Lolz, that's pretty much it. I used to goto church but i wasn't that involved cause i was one of those people who didn't really like commitment. Not in terms of commiting to help a team. More like, i was a bit bad a tleading and taking initiatives and also taking responsibility. Because i'm the youngest in my family i used to take that for granted and let everyone else do all the things like keeping tab on the bills, call up companies in regards to discreprencies, make doc appointments etc etc etc

But, i realised that as i grew up, i became a bit more of a perfectionist with things that i can do. Like with all the bills and stuff, i decided that my sister and my mum were a little hopeless with numbers so i've taken over all the bill handling for now. I'm currently at work so my thoughts might just wonder because i need to serve people and i forget where or what i'm typing about =p
So yer, coming from a family of all girls and one guy, i think it's also been good training in a way that i had to do quite a lot of stuff around the house because my sisters were girls lol.

Anyhow, the events that have happened over the last few days have been quite 'good' to say. There's no one word that can really describe it. Basically, i had a surprise birthday bash and i was more than surprised, i was speechless =p I felt very happy that my close friends would go to enormous lengths to hold a birthday party for me. I was very thankful that God had given me such an awesome bunch of friends and most of all my sweet Dot. I was very very honoured and proud that she was willing to go through and go past her zone of comfort so much to do so much for me and i guess i want to thank her and God for giving me such a blessing =)

My friends are also not excluded from God's blessing. I've learnt that the little things i've done unaware-ingly, have made some big impacts in their lives and i guess i want to thank them for being my friend =p It's not everyday that you get to meet someone in your life that impacts you and shapes you but it's those kind of people that really mould you into who you are. I think that friendships in high school were very important and that continuing that friendship is something worth striving for. For those who weren't there that night, i guess i want to say thanks for trying to come even if you couldn't but yer, hope that we can catch up sometime soon :)

As for the rest of my 21 years, unfortunately i don't have time to type it all down but if you'd email me and if we go out for lunch or coffee, we can either get to know each other more, or just catch up on good ol times =p ec2@unimelb.edu.au is my email anyhow. Have a very good week coz i know i shall =p

Cheersss