2005

I haven't been in the mood to blog for quite some time now but I guess I should do a reflection of 2005. When I think back to 2005, it just seems like a blur. I mean, I can't really pinpoint any particular thing that was striking and that stood out. I don't know man.

I guess the most memorable week has to be that week in June where I started it off with lunch with Ed at Jack's Place, Bras Basah. I needed to buy material for confirmation camp, so we headed there. We had a wonderful meal, courtesy of Ed of cos, and then set out for NUS, Eusoff Hall. I was just supposed to be helping out with background stuff cos I was in Pub Comm, but then they needed a facil last min and so I agreed to take on this task. Not that I minded of cos, cos it was more fun & stuff and you get to know freshies. I don't think I did a fantastic job as a facil but it was alright. The hard part was actually juggling the roles of a facil & preparing for my sessions for concamp. Really need to thank Ed, Alan & Wayne for helping me to cut out those cardboard boxes for my sessions. It was really stressful on Fri, having had a late night trying to write warm fuzzies and buy stuff, and trying to rush to FMM on time. As always, God sends us ppl to help us and when we couldnt get a cab, Keenan was there to give us a lift. I don't think he knew how much it meant to me - I was just so stressed already and I was going to do the first 2 sessions on Fri! Things went well, perfect in fact (ok, some exaggeration here). The 2 sessions were rather well received and I would like to think, touched some of them in one way or another. Especially the second one. It reminds me of how things don't turn out according to plan (cos I couldnt get darts) but proved to be better than planned :) I think the camp went very well, and it's through this camp that I bonded with a lot of the youth, and a lot of the youth actually felt God. He was real to them. Everything culminated in the H.E.L.P. session when I just broke down and I knew, I just knew it was all worth it. The efforts, the stress, the time spent planning, cutting, whatever, it was all worth it. I guess this would be the most memorable week, not to mention tiring week of 2005.

In terms of academia, I would say that it was perfect la. Of cos I felt the stress, had the doubts, but it still worked out well. Praise our God, who gives us more than we deserve! Now everything hinges on my thesis and my performance in my last sem. Give me the strength Lord! Give me perseverance!

Athough my lousy memory doesnt permit me to rem other events, I can say that 2005 has been special to me becos of the people in my life. I went through quite a bad patch in the early part of the year but as always it's the people around me that pull me through it. I hope I don't have to go through such a patch again. But I guess I will. These people kept me going and I really love all of you guys ya. Some of whom, we're not really in touch becos you guys have graduated, either from sch or from cat class. Most of you I still see in sch. My only hope is that we'll remain in touch for I know it gets real tough when we grad. My only hope is that the frenship will remain. If not, I'll just cherish the memories. And, thank you for them.