Had a long day today.. went for 5pm novena with arts comm pple followed by mass at cathedral followed by arts comm meeting. Holy holy rite.. actually no la. cos like steph said, a community that prays together stays together so we decided to go for mass together.

Was kinda inspired by the sermon given during novena, Father Paul mentioned that we should not worry about the future, regret about our past but just really enjoy the the gift of today - the present. At that moment, i felt enlightened man. And i told myself to really enjoy whatever i am doing and not worry about anything else.. it will seriously make you a happier person no matter how stressed out life in uni can be. Sermon at cathedral was about vocations. Yes, it is about vocations again.. it's e third sermon i am hearing about vocation in 2 weeks. Oh man, it is a sign? Nope, i dun think so.. hahaha

Sleepless nite - that was what i experienced just last nite. Was actually damn shagged and tired, but too many thoughts were running through my mind. My mind was super active and my thoughts were in a mess. Seriously, things happen at the wrong time man. Sometimes life can be so damn complicated. But well, we learn through it all and most importantly i think - ask God for strength and thank Him for everything happens for a reason!

Decided to start going for evening mass whenever i stay back in school to study. Wanna get myself back in line with the momentum of praying and studyin at the same time. Counting down to December... for e season to be jolly.. fa la la la la la la la la..

Studied at good old King Albert Park with joe and chris today.. Surprised at the crowd there man, there were families of all sizes, secondary, jc and university students. The queue was also damn long. KAP doesnt seem that nice a place to study after all. Wasnt really productive today, only did my math tut but i dont even know how to do more than half of it! Screwed man.

Exaclty 1 more month to final exams, too little time for too many stuff. Con 3 camp is round e corner in two weeks time(one weekend burnt) and arts comm meeting this sat plus xmas comm meeting sometime next week too. I wanna quit UCC but i just dunno how to put it across to Theresia - not very nice to just quit like that after going through the interview and stuff. But i seriously need to get into the momentum of studying.

I miss my studying partners back in SJI and JC. Friends like Nick Foo and Ya Li but well its hard to even find time to meet up these days . Remember those O and A level days when we used to attend daily mass after a day of studying. I need to start doing that already. Typical human behaviour huh, only seeking God during exam periods. But i really really hope exams are gonna be over quickly, cant wait for xmas to come! Oh well, gonna be a mugger for this one month plus!

Finally finished all 4 of my mid-term on Wed. Decided to really just take a break for the remaining week before having to start mugging again. Dunno what results i will get but its okay cos think i did all i could, i hope.

Had a greaT thurs CG, e topic was on suffering and hope. We had some really good sharing and it really made me realise how fragile life can be and there are actually many people of our age suffering from terminal illnesses and yet we r complaining just because we r too stressed up over our mid term tests or term papers. We came to a conclusion that though suffering exists, it actually brings people closer together in hope and it will definitely be a good learning experience..

On a lighter note, met up with my air force buddies on Friday.. it was a damn last minute thing. Was actually having supper at chomps with e CSS pple when Jansen called at abt 2245 asking if wanna have a course gathering. So we went Wine Bar at Zouk and had a good catching up. Its been 5 months since ORD and our first greetings were all vulgarities.. Been too civilised for too long in the uni already... so need some form of release i suppose. Haha. But it was a nice feeling!

Watched 2 movies this weekend, Rob-b-hood and World Trade centre.. Would give e former 4 stars and the latter 3 stars.. Rob-b-hood was seriously hilarious.. a good stress remedy for those who had not laugh for a long time. Watched it w moses n marc khoo (boys day out) , initally was suppose to be a 'gay' outing w moses cos e rest of our cg cant make it due to all reasons.. haha. anyway, boss joined us in e end and i must say it was a good day spent cos we really got to know each other better!

Week 9 is approaching.. and tmr gonna watch another movie- The Departed. The show better be good cos i am sacrificing time for it.. Less than 1 month to Con 3 camp, gonna have meeting tmr.. hope its productive and not a bloody waste of time..

Wow. It has been almost a year plus since i updated this blog of mine. Suddenly felt the inspiration to blog after reading adeline's blog. ORd-ed i have and currently i am in a brand new chapter of my life. But i am really really thankful so the many blessings i have in this new environment...Really glad to be part of CSS.. guess this community in campus is a gift from Him. The people i got to know are really sincere and genuine. But of course, it was nice being able to meet old sec. school and jc classmates again. But i am glad for a damn good friend - Russell - . Thank you for journeying together since Sec 3 and being more than what i can ask for from a friend.

8 weeks has passed since the start of school, time seems to zoom pass so so fast... sometimes u just lose track of what u r doing, neglecting the people who really matters so much to u and neglecting just the simple side of life. Oh well, tts what CGs are for i suppose... it keeps u back on track...

Met Warrant Seah just yesterday and i seemed like a long time since i ORD and stop playing with the unmanned equipments. I kinda miss those days... the pple, the laughters, the odd hours, e met warnings, e warrants and my fellow 19th NSF UAVSS. Met Tng Y when i sent off Ian Tan off last sunday, he is in SMU now.. damn busy with his projects.. life of a uni student is like tt i suppose. But i guess, the grass is always fresher, greener and nicer of the other side... oh well, i should be thankful for what i have.. actually, yes i should be thankful...

hopefully, my next post will not be next year man...

To my dear friends - nic foo and ian tan in UK... hope r coping well and till we meet in DEcember!

till then....