on the tram. where i think.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!!!
haha!! in only 18 lessons!
i am proud of myself thank you very much.
God is good. all the time.
t
Sunday, October 23, 2005
and so it is.. i got my army enlistment two days ago. and as apprehended.. 7th april 06. naval diving unit. i have mixed feelings about it. as for the date of enlisment... i really wanted to go in at jan with everyone else. but they apparently have only one intake for divers. quite a few pple expressed envy.. so i'm starting to think that april isnt that bad after all. besides.. its going to be a 4 month holiday for me. haha! as for ndu.. my parents are ok with it. which is cool.. coz all i wanted was their blessings. that will do for me.
one happy thing.. i saw the list of things i may bring for enlisment.
You may also bring portable muscial instrument or sports equipment.
Autumn!! i can bring her along! happy happy. at least i wont be deprived of music. must say that God has been really gracious. haha
so..ronald and ben in airforce.
stan, parvin, jun hong, dennis, yunxiang, amos and raj in commandos
edwin in special ops (!!! haha)
i still remember what my grandpa told me.. he was one helleva soldier to me.. (roughly translated from hokkien)
being a soldier
it is not about shooting guns for fun.
its not about the number of enemies you take down.
its not about being highly ranked, the prestige, the medals.
its about the reason why you need to fire your gun.
its about the reason why you have to defend
its about the reason why you want the honour.
love.
well.. there are people here that i love. that will do for me. that will do for me
t
Thursday, October 20, 2005
ok.. i have a feeling that i'll be enlisted in march/april. this is bad. i'll be all alone. but looking on the bright side.. i can collect all the ang baos i want on cny!!!! woohoo!
t
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
i am.. tmr is the last official day of college. so sad. so fast. so nostalgic. so scary. i cant believe it.. i'll be a college graduate tmr! its like yesterday when i took my o levels. and its a levels now. sigh..
i was thinking. if i graduate from college.. i wont know what to classify myself as after that. i cant be college student because i've graduated. cant be a uni student coz my A's arent even taken. not even an army enlistee coz i havent recieved any enlistment form. so.. after some rough thinking.. i think the best term to be used is.. unemployed.
so then.. as of from the 13th Oct '05, duane will be unemployed.
t
Sunday, October 09, 2005
how great is our God today's just one of those days when you feel that God is the best thing that ever happened.
number 1
my mom has been helping me in finding the best new zealand package for the four of us - alv, es, leon and me. she was about to fax over her credit card details to the chan bro angency to pay the deposit when she called me to reconfirm. i just got back home from school then and was tired. so i was speaking in an extremely irritable manner. i think that hurt my mom a lot. she didnt even need to help but she insisted in helping. and her dumb son wasn't sensible enough to appreciate it all. so she just hung up and didnt bother to fax. i just hate the feeling whenver i hurt my mom in some way. i wanted to go to her room this morn to apologize.. but she turned out to be happy and chirpy about it. she said it was God's purpose for me to make her angry then. i was like "?!" haha. apparently.. there was a package that was cheaper by a total of $2000! if she faxed it over then.. there would be no refund. thank God.
number 2
today's worship was amazing in a sense that i felt God immensely. and what elder spoke of spiritual worship today spoke to my heart. i dont really remember what it was exactly that was impactful at the moment.. but it sure did.
number 3
well.. my friend has been in a relationship problem for years now. i call it the "different-god-syndrome". typcial: he loves his girlfriend. she loves him. BUT.. diffrent faith. sigh.. being a Christian myself, i would have encouraged him to step aside from it. but before i can even say something like that he would be on the verge of breaking down. there was a point when it became too dramatic for me that i got rather pissed and wanted to shout and ask why on earth he didnt get a Christian girlfriend in the first place. (haha.. sorry dude.. but really) but well.. i guess we all know what love can be like - random, unpredictable and even unbreakble.
SO.. today he called and screamed down the phone,
"SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST!!!!"
okay.. heres the honest part. i didnt know what to say man. didnt feel elated. didnt feel disappointed. felt.. confused? i mean.. has it become a faith or just a another requirement to perfect that relationship? i dont know. if.. and i just mean IF its all over.. will she keep the faith? think about it man. whatever it is.. maybe God has been expectionally graceful. i know you're a happy man now. just remember to be happy in Christ.
t
Thursday, October 06, 2005
sigh.. Finally.. they published my book.
alright.. fine.. so what if it was the navy. its still MY book. haha! ;)
t
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
i dont know a title had a short shopping stint with addy. short.. but i'm sure i learnt loads from her. haha. well.. experience is all an inexperienced needs.
a month to A's.
yikes.
well... i've been reading the book of james. the past few days. just the book. coz i really need faith. like everyone else.
and. just. why. am. i. writing. in. such. short. sentences?
t
Saturday, October 01, 2005
mutli task let me see.. its 12.41am. and i'm still in the midst of typing out a script for the christmas play. while that.. i'm doing my organic mindmap all over again as demanded from miss teh. if i'm bored.. i'll continue stringing my guitar. if it doesn't chase away the blues.. i'll be blogging. here i am. typical.
t