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Boy ah boy... don't end up doing badly for the coming test because you were enthusiastically shooting me and not listening to the lesson okay. Hope you'll turn that half-wrong of yours into full-right in the test. At least then the teaching wouldn't have gone to waste.

Arigato gozaimasu. ;)

Hahaha... yeah. It takes quite a bit for me to adjust to a fluid kind of schedule these days, as in, you can enter a day with a to-do list, but you must be ready for the list to be delayed with sudden interjections of work and other things to be done.

One thing, I must make sure I settle the ThinkQuest stuff (vetting of materials submitted, arranging schedule for peer evaluation, etc) by next week. Oh boy.

And the teaching part came about because some of my colleagues had a conference/course to attend to... and so the opportunity came for me to teach. Was a pretty good experience to be able to teach again though the preparation that went into it ate quite a bit of my time... but yeah, not complaining cause at least I got that little chance to interact with them in person. :)

Then there was the volleyball finals and the parents' symposium... wanted to catch the bus with the players down to the stadium but I had to lock up the student lounge first. Thank God there were still buses heading down.. if not I would have to take public transport. :| I did so when I had to return to school for the parents' symposium... missed the chartered bus by a couple of minutes. Bleah. Haha... It was cool seeing the senior boys in action and all the smiles on their faces as they took the team shots after getting their silver medals... hard earned... well deserved. Congrats Wayne, Jun De, Kok Seng, Junxiong, Arnold and the rest... whom I've still yet to figure out their names... hope to in time to come! :)

More things to do... more things to settle in the week and the weeks to come. Am just hoping that He'll grant me the strength and energy... knowing that He'll not give me beyond what I cannot bear.

Matt said something during youth service the evening before that caused a paradigm shift of thought in me, not that it's anything new, but it's just that I've never really thought about it in this way and done so in this manner.

That I can be an encouragement to God... that I can encourage Him in my words to Him. Aye how should I put it...

It kind of places things in perspective for me.

When I see a critical and judgmental spirit, a recalcitrant troublemaker, a christian who's by name only... those feelings that I get inside... I realised that He might have felt that way towards me at times.

That's why reactions turn into responses instead... and that's where I really learn the meaning of the word grace... mercy... love.

The things Ps. Ed talked about this morning were quite mind blowing.

The sermon title - "How To Live Through A Bad Day"

Am reminded that in life, pain is inevitable... but misery is optional.

And that human beings cannot grow without trials.

But most importantly, we must know what we want in life.

Then we'll know what to do.

And what we must hold fast to.

That which we must want - God's will.

That which we must do - trust God.

That which we must hold fast to - Pa's promises.