Friday, February 27, 2009
I Need To......
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tonight - I Won...but My Team Lost...
Okie, let me start by saying that I represent my residential college/hostel (here after referred to as college) to play badminton for the SUKUM (Sukan Universiti Malaya)...
Tonight, we had a match, and my team lost 2-1, although I won my match.... such a pity... tomorrow we have another match, but I think we will most likely lose also since the other team is very strong... so to conclude, this tournament is a failure... I'm actually not that sad over losing,because this is only a small part of a bigger picture, and I'm more concerned with the bigger picture...
Well, so what is the bigger picture? I'd actually put high hopes in this SUKUM thing so that I can apply to stay back in college in the next acadmic year... but since we lost, the 分量 of this activity seems to have diminish greatly... I mean, would college still want to keep u when u've lost? (which equals you didn't contribute anything to college....sigh~)
The other way that we can contribute is through joining college projects, where you get chosen (after interview) to become part of the organizing committee of a project. And so far I've only joined one project....while my other coursemates joined 6, 9 even 10 projects... WOW ... I have no idea how they find the time.... Actually, sports weigh A LOT in our college (compared to projects), that's why I was banking on it... but I'm not sure whether it will still weigh that much when you didn't win... (sigh~)
So what am I actually worrying about? Well, the truth is I'm not sure whether 1 project + representing college in SUKUM without winning anything = can stay back in college in 2nd year... as I've already explained the amount of projects my coursemates are joining to stay back.... u might be asking what's so good about staying in college? I can only say it's cheaper, more convenient and IT'S JUST NEXT TO MY FACULTY...... other than that, I would have preferred to move out, but between having no transport to come to school (if I move out) and being not very familiar with the area around, I think it's better if I can manage to stay back, at least for 2nd year...
However, in the midst of worrying about the future, there's a voice that keeps popping out inside my head, saying that I shouldn't worry, because God will provide me with what I need... He provided food for birds in the air, who does not store food for themselves; and dressed the lilies of the fields, that even Solomon in all his splendor wasn't dressed like one of them. So if God can provide for the grass in fields, which is here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, I am ABSOLUTELY SURE that God will provide me with a good, convenient place to stay for the next few years while I'm here... I just need to have faith, continue praying and trust that He has His own plan (even if I really end up not being able to stay back in college)....:)
Monday, February 9, 2009
Old Songs...
After reading Abby's post on A Walk to Remember, I suddenly had the urge to listen to the movie's soundstracks.... so I downloaded it, actually only 3 of the more famous songs: (1) Cry - Mandy Moore; (2) Only Hope - Mandy Moore; and (3) Someday We'll Know - Mandy Moore & Jonathan Foreman....
Maybe because I'm older now, when I listen to these songs now, I notice that the lyrics really have a deeper spiritual meaning (at least to me), especially "Only Hope" and "Someday We'll Know"....
This is my favourite part:
There's a song inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But You sing to me over and over and over again
Sing to me the song of the stars
Of Your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that You have for me over again
After listening and reading it, I felt so touched ... Reminds me that I'm weak... that by my own human strength, I've tried and tried many times to do things my own way,and failed... but then God was and is always there and He never gave me up (even when I was far away from Him), in the infinite cold, when my dreams were far, He sung to me over and over and over again the plans He had for me.....
So Abby when u listen to the songs (after you've watch the movie), and whoever else who reads the lyrics, I hope you can feel the spiritual meaning too... haha....
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Random Post...
Back in KK, went to New York New York in 1 Borneo with a few of my church friends.... We didn't eat the giant huge Yankee burger, but I did get a glimpse of the legendary burger from the table next to us....haha
Picture taken by my brother...This is Perdy, his favourite dog (with his ugly feet and also a paw of my other dog, Puppy at the sides of the pic - I'm sure you can see it but I like to point it out anyway... XD haha) It's supposed to look like the famous big head dog, so does it? Hmm...but I think it's pretty cute anyway...
Another random picture, went to Midvally the other day and was on my way back to Uni. Was waiting at University Station for the Rapid KL bus and it was raining, so took a random pic to ease off the boring-ness...
Ha....well, that's all...
Sunday, February 1, 2009
And the Nightmare Begins....
(sigh~) Everytime I go back to KK, there's always this feeling of - regret? The stuff in my room always reminds me of my childhood dream, and how I haven't achieve it yet... feel like throwing the stuff away, but in the end I still tidak sampai hati... though I would say everytime I go back it gets a tad more easier to accept. Everytime I think of that I'll suddenly have the urge to study really really hard and get a first class honours to compensate for that disappointment...haha... I even told my bro that I want to spend 12 hours per day in the library (haha)... but we all know that firstly, getting a first class in UM's law school is almost impossible (it only happened once in 10 years, I think) and secondly, it's a total different story when I'm back in KL. 12 hours? haha...I'll be lucky if I can spend 1 hour studying NOT for the sake of tutorials...
But still, doesn't change the fact that I NEED to study hard this remaining of the semester - no more fooling around, no more relaxing unnecessarily and doing other what nots....
I just want to be outstanding in my own way. My sis says I'm too low profile - whether it's in church or in the faculty. That got me thinking. In the end, I came to the conclusion that I want to be outstanding in my own way and in my own time. I don't have to purposely join stuff to make myself outstanding, I just want to be ME.