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Things have been in a not so chirpy state these days due to an unending throng of work... then there's my essay which I can't seem to find a proper to write. And it still irks me to find how I'm finding myself more and more "hermitty" these days... just couldn't find that extra ounces of energy to step beyond and really get to know the new batch of boarders. Sometimes I ask myself if I'm expecting too much... then at times, I'm learning to let go still, to know that ah, there's a time and season for everything under the sun.

Haha.. before this entry turns out sounding melancholic again (hahaha...), I must say that there're lots to give thanks for. Have been taking walks and having meals with some from the graduating batch amidst all the hustle and bustle... some didn't turn out as well as I wished, and for some, it kind of cemented the friendship, you know, like there're some things you look back to and you'll smile, yeah that kind. =)

Not to mention the support that my wife's been giving me... really the 默默支持 kind, especially when I couldn't spend as much time with her this season of time. 8)

I was walking past the clock tower with one of my students this afternoon and the piano was playing... my mentee saw me (he told me thereafter) and switched to playing an all familiar tune... subsequently went back to look for him at the piano after my previous conversation ended some time later and found my other mentee with him too, both at the piano. There they went into a time of playing a number of all familiar tunes... this episode, though short and totally unplanned, would be one that I'll remember for a very long time.

As I returned to my apartment today, I picked up the guitar and started playing some of the songs... it has been quite some time since I've been engaged in such a manner. God has His ways... and I find it a blessing to be blessed by my students in such a manner, even though to them they might just be having a good time themselves playing those songs. Mm. :)

Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God...
You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me...
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon the Cross...