Okay. 2008

Well I certainly started off the year with much remorse about getting downgraded to pes C and thus not being able to go to OCS and do something fun with my 2 years of NS.

But God has his way of doing things and his perfect timing has never failed to astound me.

Because I'm in pes C.
I'm humbled. I learned the greatest lesson of all this year. To love.

1 Corinthians 13 has become my verse or so i'd like to call it.

Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast. it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on it's own way, it is not irritable or resentful. It does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

No doubt I'm still learning and I do fall at times.. That's when I need God's grace all the more.


When it comes to friends..
Well what can I say. It really takes alot of effort to maintain friendships...
Some of the friends I made years back are still friends today. Others are probably still friends but we aren't that close anymore. I guess that's why there's so many "philosophical" sayings about friendship.. about how we sometimes have to leave old friends behind to meet new friends.. It sux.. I dun ever wanna leave my friends. But time just takes it's toil on me..


I used to think I'd become a psychiatrist, and then I went to the medicine interview and said dengue spreads through food and water..

I used to think I'd be a pilot, and then I realised I couldn't bear to stay away from home so often.

I used to think I'd be a vet, until.. well i got sick and tired of the attachment every sunday not doing anything..

Now i'm thinking I wanna be a school teacher.
That way, I can impact young lives and at the same time, have time for my wife and kids. And I'd go for overseas CIP and help the under privledged. I'd sing with Victoria Chorale and continue my japanese studies. I'd be a teacher who takes genuine interest in his students lives and not just teach for the sake of teaching. But some people might say I'm totally disillusioned about the teaching profession.


Well i'm already in to the new year, and it certainly is starting off really well. :D:D