Sunday, September 10, 2006
The last good day of the hols..and its back to sch.
First of all...Paul Twohill is out of S'pore Idol. Although many might feel sad or regret not voting...imo, he definitely improved before he got booted, however he's still not as strong as the other 3...except jasmine, and turns out his image alone wasn't good enough.....so yea. I'm throwing all my support behind hady now.....hope he gets this...
Yep this week has been eventful.....mon-wed i did my study skills thing....ok pretty good....definitely worth your time....which is 13 hrs straight for 3 days btw. when i got home on wed after the closing ceremony i jus went to sleep. Super tired, to say the least.
Then on friday was BB parade where i led worship....haha..ok...i led worship. Lol...but there were 2 worship leaders anw..so I just played guitar and sang along...very informal and last minute affair thks to the ce ic who called me on thurs night at 10.30...wth man..we had all of 15 mins to rehearse on fri
then we had the bq camp where we studied like siao...LIKE SIAO. we woke up at 5 am just to revise...then set off frm sch at 7.50 (the bus came late) and then starved without breakfast for almost 1 hour until the indoor segment started..how do we think without food?? Yes anw...the rest is straightforward, finished the outdoor segment, had some time before the awards ceremony
Yes. The awards ceremony. We came in 3rd. I dont know whether to be happy or sad..indeed, its an achievement, but considering we aimed for 1st, and not jus that, we were beaten by 4 points from the victoria team...pah. The irony is that their team was trained by the same pastor for the past years, which is what prevented us form the getting the top spot..arrgh. Anw..what matters is the pastor(our trainer) was happy with the result...so guess everything turned out fun....i slept for abt 3 hours when i got home.......
Then sun, church as normal, nth extraordinary. We had sermon from Uncle KC...and so this week has ended with a lessons learnt, namely
The Bible Quiz thing...on the day of the competition, I was having difficulty recalling some facts, and i started thinking, who are we doing this for?why do we want to win the Bible Quiz? Halfway through, I realized why. Its not for the pastor, nor for ourselves, but Him. We had been studying for the past 2 months..all for what? The aim of the Bible Quiz was not just to win it, but to bring us closer to Him spiritually....and yet i feel ashamed that i had not been praying regularly as i used to. And on sunday..as i listened to the band, javis leading worship, and the message thereafter, and it struck me then that up until now, in everything i did, the bible quiz, drumming, i had concerned over what people would think of me, obsessed with winning the bible quiz, but all my motives were wrong. I had been concerned over self-appearance and how others would perceive me, without thinking about God. So i prayed during church, prayed to live my life for Him, not for myself. Yea. I hope to live by this even as the new term starts.
Ciao all...i hope yr week has been good too...God bless.
Not for our glory, but for His.
changeme.
10:38 PM