Hello again!
It's 130am in the morning and I have just finished watching that movie.
You know why I'm a big fan of movies?
They never fail to inspire and remind me of what really matters in life.
Yes, that includes the movie Crazy, Stupid Love.
So here is what I've got from the movie.
Things will not always work my way. Yeah, I might not be as lucky as Carl who met his soulmate at the age of 15. I might fall in love a few times, get dumped and rejected a lot, dated girls, and whatnot. But eventually what really matters is what I feel. I mean, I still believe in my one true love and soulmate that is somewhere out there. And it doesn't matter if it is gonna take a year or ten years or fifty years, I will find the one. I will not rest until I find her. And guess what, it won't be a fairytale. When I find her, we may not get along well. We might quarrel and we may stop talking. But here is what is really important. I won't give up. No matter how painful it is too hold on, I won't let go. Yeh, sorry to disappoint you but I'm a 19-year-old who still believes in the old notions of love taken straight out of the Hollywood movies.
The moral of the story. I want to be like Carl. Yes, I might do stupid things that would tumble my world over. I might consider giving up a few times. But then, everytime I fought the urge of giving up, I know I grow to be a stronger person. I want to someday build a family that I can be proud of and who can be proud of me. I had not given up and would not give up no matter how sucks it is to hold on. After all, I believe in the saying that twenty, thirty years down the road, I will regret things that I didn't do more than things that I did. I don't want to live a life of regret. I will hold on.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The one exam before IB
Hello again!
After a two-month refrain from typing on my blog, I have finally settled down and I now have enough time to spare for a short post. The time I spent away from my blog has been an exciting last quarter of my high school life. What I began 15 years ago when I first stepped into my kindergarten classroom I finally am going to conclude in slightly more than one month - EDUCATION. Well, actually that is not exactly the case. I am definitely going to move on to a higher level of education, hopefully in a university of my dream. Nonetheless, let us take the next one month as my last one month of education, for the sake of reading pleasure :p
Now I will touch on the main issue I want to blog about: prelim exams. In case you do not know, preliminary examination is arguably the single most important exam I will ever sit for in my life. It is so important that perhaps only the real IB exam has the caliber to at most equal its level of importance. The reason is obvious - prelim result will be used to craft my predicted grades which would then make up the part of my academic achievement in my university applications. Initially, I admit that I was nervous and anxious if I would not be able to do well in the exam. Moreover, I did not put nearly as much effort in prelim as compared to the mid-year common test. For the reason, I prayed super hard prior to this exam that God will grant me the results that I desire. After all, I have faith that God will give the miracle when we need it the most - and I believe this is the time.
After more than two weeks of grueling exam experience, the result was finally released last weekend. Indeed, God proved Himself faithful again. My percentage in virtually every single subjects improve by an average of 10 percents. My IB points also jumped up by 4 points. What struck me was not my relatively sterling results for my own standards but rather the fact that I would have easily achieved 2 IB points lower than what I have got had it not been for God. Imagine the situation: I got precisely 80% for Chemistry which means that a single loss of mark would result in me not getting a 7 points in the subject. I hardly passed the grade boundary for 6 points in Maths by a mere 1-2% which further testified how God must have played a role in my exam. God is faithful, indeed.
During the course of the exam, I kept reminding myself of what Pastor Kong has told us in the church weeks before - "Do what you can do and God will do what you can't do." With that boost of faith, I decided that I would trust God to lead me through the test and I have now emerged victorious. God has never disappointed me in my 19 years and 8 months of existence in this world, not even a once. Why would I bother to doubt that he would let me down in the time to come, then? I trust God that things will take care for themselves for those believe. Amen.
After a two-month refrain from typing on my blog, I have finally settled down and I now have enough time to spare for a short post. The time I spent away from my blog has been an exciting last quarter of my high school life. What I began 15 years ago when I first stepped into my kindergarten classroom I finally am going to conclude in slightly more than one month - EDUCATION. Well, actually that is not exactly the case. I am definitely going to move on to a higher level of education, hopefully in a university of my dream. Nonetheless, let us take the next one month as my last one month of education, for the sake of reading pleasure :p
Now I will touch on the main issue I want to blog about: prelim exams. In case you do not know, preliminary examination is arguably the single most important exam I will ever sit for in my life. It is so important that perhaps only the real IB exam has the caliber to at most equal its level of importance. The reason is obvious - prelim result will be used to craft my predicted grades which would then make up the part of my academic achievement in my university applications. Initially, I admit that I was nervous and anxious if I would not be able to do well in the exam. Moreover, I did not put nearly as much effort in prelim as compared to the mid-year common test. For the reason, I prayed super hard prior to this exam that God will grant me the results that I desire. After all, I have faith that God will give the miracle when we need it the most - and I believe this is the time.
After more than two weeks of grueling exam experience, the result was finally released last weekend. Indeed, God proved Himself faithful again. My percentage in virtually every single subjects improve by an average of 10 percents. My IB points also jumped up by 4 points. What struck me was not my relatively sterling results for my own standards but rather the fact that I would have easily achieved 2 IB points lower than what I have got had it not been for God. Imagine the situation: I got precisely 80% for Chemistry which means that a single loss of mark would result in me not getting a 7 points in the subject. I hardly passed the grade boundary for 6 points in Maths by a mere 1-2% which further testified how God must have played a role in my exam. God is faithful, indeed.
During the course of the exam, I kept reminding myself of what Pastor Kong has told us in the church weeks before - "Do what you can do and God will do what you can't do." With that boost of faith, I decided that I would trust God to lead me through the test and I have now emerged victorious. God has never disappointed me in my 19 years and 8 months of existence in this world, not even a once. Why would I bother to doubt that he would let me down in the time to come, then? I trust God that things will take care for themselves for those believe. Amen.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Asian Cup, ACS Has Got Talent, IOC, Prelims
Hello,
It's 9 pm on a Sunday evening. I'm sitting idly in front of my computer while everyone is downstairs in the MPH cheering for the basketballers. Well, basketball is not for me so I'd rather do something useful here.
Tomorrow is another day of school. Next week is gonna be a very hectic one, despite it being the National Day week with plenty of days off. In fact, although school ends at 11 am tomorrow, I'll have to stay back in school until 6 pm for Asian Cup and ACS Has Got Talent (ACSHGT) rehearsal.
Well, actually why I decide to blog is not to tell about the busy schedule I have. I'm right now expecting a message from someone and I'm trying to hold back from messaging the person first. I hope I can :S
It's 9 pm on a Sunday evening. I'm sitting idly in front of my computer while everyone is downstairs in the MPH cheering for the basketballers. Well, basketball is not for me so I'd rather do something useful here.
Tomorrow is another day of school. Next week is gonna be a very hectic one, despite it being the National Day week with plenty of days off. In fact, although school ends at 11 am tomorrow, I'll have to stay back in school until 6 pm for Asian Cup and ACS Has Got Talent (ACSHGT) rehearsal.
Well, actually why I decide to blog is not to tell about the busy schedule I have. I'm right now expecting a message from someone and I'm trying to hold back from messaging the person first. I hope I can :S
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Hi all,
So it's 7:58 pm right now. On normal Sundays, I would have been down in the prep room right now. Thankfully, tomorrow is a holiday for us students (Youth Day, sorry working peeps). I think my last blog post dates back to about one month ago?
I'm in the midst of the year 6's notorious mid year exams (well that's what our seniors said - almost impossible to score high). Since tomorrow is a holiday (read: study break), I want to spend 15 minutes writing about something which has been bugging my mind over the past few days, or perhaps weeks.
What I'm feeling right now: intense feeling of disappointment. In fact, it's more than just disappointment. It's like doing something that, although you know you shouldn't do, you still do anyway. And the effects are outrageous: it's like everything I've built so far all falling into pieces. Thank God I still have another day to reflect and think about this before my next paper starts (it's Chemistry paper on Tuesday). Sometimes I can't help but blaming my negative traits for all that has happened. I wish I could rewind time by pressing that "restart" button. I know I can't, though. I'll just wait patiently and whatever God wants to happen in life, let it happen.
"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20)
So it's 7:58 pm right now. On normal Sundays, I would have been down in the prep room right now. Thankfully, tomorrow is a holiday for us students (Youth Day, sorry working peeps). I think my last blog post dates back to about one month ago?
I'm in the midst of the year 6's notorious mid year exams (well that's what our seniors said - almost impossible to score high). Since tomorrow is a holiday (read: study break), I want to spend 15 minutes writing about something which has been bugging my mind over the past few days, or perhaps weeks.
What I'm feeling right now: intense feeling of disappointment. In fact, it's more than just disappointment. It's like doing something that, although you know you shouldn't do, you still do anyway. And the effects are outrageous: it's like everything I've built so far all falling into pieces. Thank God I still have another day to reflect and think about this before my next paper starts (it's Chemistry paper on Tuesday). Sometimes I can't help but blaming my negative traits for all that has happened. I wish I could rewind time by pressing that "restart" button. I know I can't, though. I'll just wait patiently and whatever God wants to happen in life, let it happen.
"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20)
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Adera - lebih indah
saat ku tenggelam dalam sendu
waktu pun enggan untuk berlalu
ku berjanji tuk menutup pintu hatiku
entah untuk siapa pun itu
semakin ku lihat masa lalu
semakin hatiku tak menentu
tetapi satu sinar terangi jiwa ku
saat ku melihat senyum mu
dan kau hadir, merubah segalanya
menjadi lebih indah
kau bawa cinta ku setinggi angkasa
membuat ku merasa sempurna
dan membuat ku untuk menjalani hidup
berdua dengan mu selama-lamanya
kaulah yang terbaik untuk ku
kini ku ingin hentikan waktu
biar kau berada di dekat ku
bunga cinta bermekaran dalam jiwaku
dan ku petik satu untukmu
dan kau hadir, merubah segalanya
menjadi lebih indah
kau bawa cinta ku setinggi angkasa
membuat ku merasa sempurna
dan membuat ku untuk menjalani hidup
berdua dengan mu selama-lamanya
kaulah yang terbaik untuk ku
ku percayakan seluruh hatiku padamu
kasihku..... satu janjiku, kau lah yang terakhir bagiku....
Saturday, March 19, 2011
A random thought after the inaugural CHC Suntec service
10:54 pm and I just came back from the first City Harvest Church service at Suntec Singapore. After renting one hall in Expo to hold our services for about 6 years, God finally gave us our own place at the heart of the city. This is really in line with the church and Pastor Kong's principle of cultural mandate. A place in the central Singapore would enable us to reach out to more people besides the closer venue being closer from the boarding school.
This time I really want to talk about how I got to know CHC when I first came to Singapore in 2007. It was my senior, Ray, who introduced me to this church called City Harvest Church before I came to Singapore. After being awarded with the scholarship, I got to know some seniors who were already studying in Singapore. I also got to know Ray through MSN although we never really met each other before. It was quite funny to recall how everything fell into place at that time. In one of our conversations before I came here, Ray told me that he went to a church in Singapore with a lot of hot girls. He also promised to bring me there when I came. So at first, my intention of going to CHC was not to seek God at all.
Truth be said, I saw a lot of good-looking girls on my first visit to CHC. Moreover, one girl caught my eyes whom I got to know more as a very close friend later on. However, I must say that my decision to join CHC is one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Not only it belongs to a very similar branch of Christianity as my church in Bandung, it is also the place where my life is transformed to be who I am now. In short, I am very thankful that God has brought me to CHC. Although initially my motivation was not exactly right, God has the power to turn bad things into positive ones. Thank you God :)
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