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It'll be official on 13 MArch, when I ORD. Haha.

I am in the midst of moving my blog to somewhere else.
Construction in Progress.
I am still alive.
Dun worry.



29 more days to ORD.

It was thanksgiving night at Adrian's last night. I'm glad many turned out.. lemme see.. there was qinggui, yifan, andrew, jiahui, kokheng, edson, ruth, david, daphne, jialiang, debbie, janetta, pauline, zhichun, tianen, jieling, kelvin kuan, nicholas, kokwai, my sis, luke, huiping, shiping, merrill, aikhui, aikbin, xuan xuan, joyce, wendee, mel, adrian and I. (i missed out 3 ppl whom i can't recall)

The potluck dinner with YFers will always be OUTSTANDING. Mashed potato with bacon bits, cheesy mussels with tomato sauce, salad, almond jellies, curry chicken, fried rice, lagsane, spaghetti, cheesecakes... *Yum yum* Then we had games and some sharings. Games were really fun and i think qinggui did put a lot of effort in it. And we ended the night with a video of a recent YF camp. The camp was pure genius! It looked so fun! Couldn't participate because I was outfield.. sigh.

It was then that my nightmare began. Sitting in a car with Zhichun as the driver is not recommended for weak hearts. During the journey, we backed into a car while trying to steer out of a parallel carpark, rode over humps at high speed, nearly scratched a lorry from the sides, have to deal with a laughing driver who doesn't really know the way, drove into an incoming lane, swerving into turns in the last minute... Hey, but i got home safely. Haha. I don't mind taking another ride another time. Bring it on!

School's starting for most youths in church. Aye, and i'm preparing to travel down south to Newzealand.

71 days to ORD. Thank God for the trying moments in the Army. I believe there's somewhere inside me that's change for the better or improved. And thank God for showing me that a military career is DEFINITELY not for me.

27 days to Chinese NEW YEAR. A time to get lots of angbaos, but more importantly, it marks the beginning of PROJECT "The Point of No Return" aka, clearing of leaves and offs!!

8 days to NEW ZEALAND!! It's gonna be so fun!! Ahha. Thanks iris for offering your beanies and gloves. Thanks aikhui for loaning your gortex jacket to me(i think i lost mine). I'll take lots of beautiful pictures for all of you out there k?

3 days more to a LOOOOOONG weekend until i fly. Gotta go buy some new year clothes then. Hope my advance allowance comes a bit earlier. *pout*

This time last year:

New Year Resolution for 2005

• Get my driving license
  
• Learn 5 close-up magic tricks that impresses me
  
• Document everything I will learn in 6 months during my attachment to Sunday School for primary students
  
• Finish Romance of the 3 Kingdoms in Chinese
  
• Help the tenors and basses of Church choir to improve their vocals
  
• Practice piano every weekend and take up lessons.. I want to be VERY good at it.
  
• Read the bible everyday and be a useful Fisher of Men

Get my driving license
Nope. No driving license yet. It's sad but true. I couldn't fathom why I'd need a license now cuz I don't have a family car in the first place and I can't afford one too. *excuses* But seriously, it cost a lot juz for the lessons and i'd rather not add extra burden to my already hardworking dad and mom.

Learn 5 close-up magic tricks that impresses me
Well, currently I have only 3 tricks up my sleeve so it means I haven't been successful as well. Goodness, when will I be as good as Dev or Mark?

Document everything I will learn in 6 months during my attachment to Sunday School for primary students
I've totally forgotten about that.

Finish Romance of the 3 Kingdoms in Chinese
I don't want to dwell on this.. .Skip. =P

Help the tenors and basses of Church choir to improve their vocals
I cannot say I haven't exactly tried but it's really difficult to help them because I realise I'm not that good myself, sadly. But I did try and some of them have made encouraging improvements.

Practice piano every weekend and take up lessons.. I want to be very good at it
Sadly, I didn't accomplish this as well. Did not practice every weekend, did not take up lessons cuz it was too expensive for me and in the end, I haven't been very good at it and can only still memorise As The Deer.

Read the bible everyday and be a useful Fisher of Men
I read the bible for most of the year but haven't been a good fisher of men. 0 success stories so far and I'm not proud of it AT ALL.

All in all, it has to be a very disappointing year because I haven't accomplish what I've set out to accomplish and THIS has to end. I've got to be more focused and disciplined, I realised. Maybe having to spend most of my time in the army affects some of my plans so I'll not be too harsh on myself. Let's see if I can do better in 2006.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION for 2006

1. Gain more muscle mass and weigh around 73kg
2. Learn to have a more positive outlook in life and have more confidence in myself
3. Save up at least $2000 at the end of the year
4. Pass my Basic Traffic Theory
5. Get a girlfriend/s *grin*
   
6. Help edmund get a girlfriend
7. Write more english and chinese essays
8. Make a short film
9. Cut an album
10. Take up piano lessons
11. Help to stabilise NJC Chorale's admin and logistics
12. Inspire church choir friends to know more about choral music and a willingness & drive to improve
13. Learn 2 more close-up magic tricks to make up for 2005
14. Bring 2 friends to church
15. Score really well in my studies
16. Learn to forgive those who has not been really kind to me
17. Fast to listen, slow to anger, slow to speak
18. Be more caring and understanding to my sister Angela
19. Have another JC class gathering in December
20. Get myself a CREATIVE ZEN VISION!!

20 resolutions. Wow. And I was hoping my resolutions would a bit simpler than last year's. Maybe the prospect of ORD-ing soon as gotten to my head too much and suddenly I feel like I'm Superman. But you have to forgive me because I have to restrain so much of myself during this 2years 2 months of service to the country and I yearn to express the real ME during this new exciting year of 2006 when I'm expecting WEST HAM to stay up (esp above Everton, Newcastle and Tottenham), watch World Cup 2006 and see England lose in the Final, ORD and see my pink IC once more, pick up books and mugging again, travelling, experimenting, having fun, partying, lots of jalan jalan with friends, make more new friends, sing a lot more and be a lot more independant than 2005.

With so much to look forward to, I can't see why 2006 would be a dour affair. What about yours? Hey, I wish everyone I know a very successful 2006 and a happy one too. Seek God and His ways and everything else will fall nicely in place. Have a good holiday on 2 January 06 to recharge for another year of hustle and bustle. Keep reading my blog and tag people.

I love all of you!

Emmanuel (which means God be with you)

Undecided Class: Seraph Alliance: Undetermined It's difficult to say where you would stand in the
war between good and evil because you are at
war with yourself. There is both light and
darkness within you and you have not made up
your mind about which side to follow. There are
many roles that you might play, spy, mercenary,
but it is always hard to tell whose side you
are on. Your Angelic Name: Geminus

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