Update 29/10

Attention all jymers! this sun i will be bringing 2 friends to jym. they are coming to observe the church and the activities (and also interview pastor henry) as part of a cultural diversity project. they are both non christians, so try to give them a good impression of the church, and of our faith wherever possible. first impression very important! put on a show if need be. haha.

as for me, i went with a catholic to a guanyin temple at bugis... asked the person at the counter (giving out those lots and lips) all the questions we needed to know about. and then before we left, he gave us an angbao, in it was a piece of paper with printed words and symbols, supposed to be a good luck charm. i kept it as a nice souvenir.

then i went home and opened it up, and just for fun, went to ask my mom about it. little did i expect that she had such a strong reaction to it and advised me to throw it away... she actually believed that it could have been prayed upon and therefore have spiritual elements that could disturb our home... well i certainly doubted so, especially since its printed and produced in mass, and not hand written. but after thinking about it, i decided to throw it away. not ebcause of that spiritual thing, but because it could stumble me, like what if suddenly i get alot of good luck, then when it gets lost i lose my good luck too? then i would be led into believeing it. so yeah, into the bin it went.

i was really tempted to test it out, leave it in my room and see if anything funny comes about. but then i would be challenging the spirits (if there was) and i wouldnt know what the consequences would be. so in the end i tried something else - i said a prayer over it in Jesus' name, to neutralise any spiritual powers that it may have. now it would be just a piece of art to keep as a souvenir.

i also made a donation of 40cents to the temple coffers just out of goodwill. after that i kinda regretted it... it shows that im supporting their religion and contributing to the extension of their kingdom. lucky nobody there knows im actually a christian.

A lvls starting real soon, and Just another 2 weeks before O lvls are over, after that everyones gonna be free and easy and partying away. for most ppl holidays alr started. i know some unfortunate ppl still cant get their rest in the holidays, but still. and then here am i starting my school term just after many has ended theirs for the year. while i had my holidays, everyone was so busy. now when they are enjoying, i am busy. and it just must be that the church camp falls on my test week! poly schedule can be so detestable many a times. But thank God the short holiday starts just in time for me to go for the mission trip. give and take.

im already starting to get choked and deprived of time even at the first few weeks of the term. ccas have stepped up on activities, random workshops being held, and i had to act tough and sign up for sports elective and some weekly workshop starting in jan... that would mean that evryday has activities after school, and its not ending very early... leaving me with that little bit of time in which i have to do my projects and tutorials, and when tests come, studies. oh great, i have to somehow create time to meet the demand.

if its gonna be so bad this term, it would only be worse next term, when the bigger projects pour in simultaneously... followed by semestral exams at the end. history repeats itself and manifests tragedy even further.