Next monday I'll be moving over to Hansheng's place to stay a few nights, and on the 3rd of May i'll be flying over to London! Really exciting trip in store.. and i'll be staying until the 12th of May, before finally making the long trip back to Sing-rock island :P
Today I was pleasantly surprised by a birthday card! signed by 34 people!! whoa.. mega big card :) Thanks lots Huien for sending it and putting it together.. really touched .. and thanks Gary for saying you didn't want to write me a card! haha.. grrr.. :P
Today I also received a song from hannah (my ex-cgl)! Thanks for that.. it's been an encouragement.. I really hope u'll be serving in exco next year too, but let the Lord speak to you.
Today I received one of Yvonne's essays! It was on the idea of death in the OT.. something like that. Quite 'cheem', very technical, and it even contained Hebrew words! Good stuff.
So it's been quite a day I guess.. though i spent a lot of time at home, writing, playing spades on puzzle pirates, blogging, and resting.
All the best for ur exams everyone!
So I woke early in the morning (meaning.. 8.30am..), and took a walk down Old Montreal! Haven't manged to take a stroll like that in a long time, and I didn't even need my jacket! Took it off after a while cos it was too warm. A nice walk overlooking the St Lawrence river.. some remnants of snow melting... reflecting on the semester that has gone by, and what lies ahead, a time to just pray and listen :)
Penniless Pirate
After that I got back, and got hooked on playing puzzle pirates! hahaha! anyway the typical gambling show thing happened to me.. poor me. I was playing Spades, which is my favourite game now. It's like a combination of Hearts, German bridge and normal Bridge together. As usual, because of my sheer intelligence, I started out winning every single game, so I thought it was a great way to make a killing and earn enough pieces of eight to kickstart my Puzzle Pirate career!
However, at the critical game, at which I wagered 500 pieces of eight, I tried to zoom in my laptop screen, which hanged my com, and logged me out of the programme! And such I lost the 500, when we could have easily won 1000 each! I felt bad for my partner too.. cos we were doing so well until then.
Well eventually cos the internet got cut for a while again, I lost another 200. And then because of bad partners I lost another 2 games, and ended up PENNILESS!! Poor pirate... :( oh well.. guess I'll just have to do a little more bilging...
[If you didn't understand any of the above, either go play Puzzle Pirates, or just laugh and pretend you understand my plight.. if not you can ask me about it :O)]
Birthday Dinner
Anyway after that the 4 of us (Lionel, Ethan, Terence and I) went out for dinner at this sports bar called Les3brasseurs! We were eating dinner and watching the 5th game of the play-off series between the Montreal Canadians (the best team in the world.. as they all say in these parts..) and the Boston Briuns!
So the best team scored in the first quarter, and everyone was happy! Before the Bruins ruined everything by scoring, and scoring, and scoring and scoring.. and.. scoring.. and the game eventually ended up 5-1.
Anyway.. Ethan went to the toilet, to buy me this really mini-cake from the cake-shop nearby! :) It was a really cute cake actually.. small and round and chocolate flavoured :P. Apparently he lit the candle at that cake shop, and brought the cake all the way with the candle lit! The humour of it wasn't lost on those around too, and this guy was following behind Ethan cheering him on as he walked from cake shop to dinner place. Thanks guys! appreciate all the effort :P you all have been great pals!
So after dinner I treated them to coffee, and we learnt that 'glace' was pronounced 'glar-say' instead of 'glass'. After dinner we went home to play a game of German bridge, then I sat to reply all the facebook birthday greetings before going to bed.
And there were so many greetings! It's amazing, appreciate all of them, especially those from people I have hardly talked to in the past year! :P
So that was my birthday, my first one spent overseas, away from all my loved ones at home :)
- Mood:
cheerful
Running for Exco
After spending much of this semester thinking and praying and considering, I told Jasmine yesterday that I'd accept any nomination for exco. Heard just now that I've been nominated for chair, so i guess it'll be exciting times ahead next year. But still, I'm disappointed at the state things are at this year in terms of exco nominations, looks like it's at an all time low. By this time (the final FT) nominations are meant to be closed, meaning that all nominations should be in, however so far, it's just Liz and I running for exco. That means there are still 8 places not filled, and nobody seems to want to do anything about it, or even care about it... which is rather tragic.
I know some people are praying, that God will bring the people that are needed, but these are only the precious few.
Already, it was an unprecedented phenomenon last year when the exco was made up of 9 Arts people. What's happening with the rest of the faculties and halls? Is this a reflection of the way things are with the believers in university these days? Usual responses are "i don't feel for it" "serving in church" "busy doing other things", or even "i don't agree with what the exco is doing" or 'i don't see how exco is relevant", how valid are these responses?
But I know one thing that the Lord has called me to do is to be available for His work, whatever it takes. I know I'm far from adequate for the job, especially considering the many great people who have graced the seat before me.. (chair.. seat.. haha). Let's see where this leads. Who else will respond to the Lord's call? Who will even be un-distracted enough to hear His still small voice? Could it be that the Lord is calling, but no one is hearing, because everyone is caught up doing their own things?
The Chosen People
On quite another issue, it's been a humbling and eye-opening experience learning about the Jewish faith this semester from my Talmudic Law professor, who's a Rabbi in a local Beth-din here in Montreal. Isn't it a tragedy, the way the whole Jewish tradition has turned out?? A chosen people, proclaiming revelation by the Lord Almighty from Sinai, then claiming rabbinic authority to shape the law in whichever way they want. Also, how when the 'light' finally shone in the darkness, the darkness did not understand it. The Jewish faith is one that is so profoundly different from the Christian faith, that I'd highly recommend studying more about it to anyone who wants to seek and know God better. Their understanding of the Torah, of Biblical passages as we know it today, is so different from the popular Christian conception of such passages these days, which also highlights the need for Biblical literacy amongst the Christian believers today.
Whose understanding is right? 2 parallel narratives (actually, its 3 if you consider the Islamic interpretation of things). Where is God in the midst of all these?
The Eye...
'the eye is the lamp for the body', how i long for the day i can see well again... it's been almost a year since that day I woke with my right eye swollen, since the bad fever that killed my year 2 final exams. Things haven't been all 'bright and beautiful' since, and the Lord's hand has been heavy on me, though He still brought divine encouragement from time to time since (at People's church, then at the MCF retreat, and also at Times' Square church, and also through the worship leading of one of my dear PCG members :O)). But where is this all leading? Is this the thorn in my flesh?
I'm more used to it these days.. sometimes i forget the problem is there.. and sometimes it feels ok.. but then it comes back, and i remember it's still there..
ok off to sleep..
Today I went around taking photos of all my classmates and lecturers, well just for Restitution and Game Theory classes (and probably right after this Talmudic class too), will post up the photos sometime later.
The assignment has been going well, I think. I'm at page 24 after bibliography.. just one more page needed.. hopefully i can sort the whole thing out later.
But i think later i'm going home to rest, celebrate (for half a day) the end of term :P then see what else i need to do for the 3 papers next week.
(1) an analysis of the disagreement between Maimonides and Nahmanides over when Oral Law can be considered Biblical and when it has to be considered merely Rabbinic, tracing it's implications on the Jewish legal system.
(2) an analysis of the disagreements over who and in what way God's providence extends over mankind, with regards to Maimonides' 10th and 11th principles, and how disagreements over the views on rewards and punishments may affect the motivations influencing Jewish criminal law development.
On a happier note, in the course of research for the assignment I discovered a really nice library! the 'Birk's Reading Room', a book repository in support of the religious study programme in McGill. It's one of those places where you take off your shoes before entering because shoes will spoil the exquisite wooden 'parquet' flooring. And everyone is really quiet and 'reverent' there.
I think I'll go frequent that place after exams and before I leave Montreal :)
As one of the locals in the city remarked, "Chicago is just like New York, only the people are friendlier!". True, and I loved it. The home of the blues... and the Bulls!!
Let's start with a photo of their 'metro' system. It's above ground, and it's really nice, in an old, rustic kind of way. This entire platform is just one level above the street. Well, when the whole city is densely packed with insanely tall buildings, there's really no other way.
and if chicago had a lot of 'shady figures'.. that's one of them on the right! :)
Unfortunately the first day we were there it was SNOWING! almost like we brought the snow with us from Montreal. And the mist was so thick that we couldn't even see the top of some buildings! Quite a surreal experience really.
Another side-ways photo. We watched Wicked the musical! Which was another quite amazing experience, a retelling of the wizard of oz.
and another one! After the musical we headed over to the United Centre, once the home of His Air-ness :) We watched the Chicago Bulls vs Indiana Pacers, and it was great fun! Action all round, with lots of hilarious games played during the time-outs as well. NBA is really one huge merchandise. Good entertainment.
Ok I really wanna talk more about Chicago, but work is piling up, and I think I'm falling a little sick. I've got a 25 page research paper due in 2 weeks which i haven't started on, and 3 exams coming up in 2 weeks too.. so it's gonna be busy. Will try to squeeze in some time to blog, but well.. haha let's just see if it happens.
Niagara
Treat you guys to a first (ok second) hand view of the falls :O) Actually the Niagara Falls is actually made up of 2 different falls (maybe that's why it's plural huh :P). There's the American Falls, which I think is a pale shadow of it's neighbour, and there's the Horseshoe Falls, which is absolutely stunning. After that, we went over to the catacombs of Niagara.. fascinating stuff, like straight out of a computer game.
And if that was not enough, I'm sure this would look familiar to some of you RPG players :P
Anyway.. I was also lucky enough to catch a suicidal chameleon (actually a gecko), as it was about to attempt to jump off the rock and experience the 'falls'
Don't jump Gilbert!! It's not worth it!!
I'm sure this is the scene of David Copperfield's famous escape act many years back on tv. With all the mist around, it sure makes a good scene for a little magic :)
And time for another random fact to fascinate all ur friends: did you know that the water in Niagara in winter flows at only half the speed of that in summer? This is the winter Niagara, imagine what it'll look like going down at twice the rate!
Ok gotta go, more on Chicago soon! We watched a Blues act, Wicked, and the Chicago Bulls at the United Center!!
- Mood:
bouncy
Here's a photo (one of the very few that I have on Tremblant). Just after I decided to get off the fence and go skiing.
Yup, but anyway we're off to Niagara and Chicago! Lionel, Sherlyn, Zhixiang, Ethan, Terence and I, a merry band of 6... to jazz city :) Want anything from there? Drop me an email and I'll see if I can (1) read the email in time, and (2) find the thing that you want.
Happy Easter everyone! As my Talmudic Law professor said, resurrection has a central place in both Jewish faith and Christian faith, but for different reasons. go figure..
The day started with breakfast at this American breakfast place near Sam's place, which was about $5 per person, and really quite nice, although I cooked noodles for myself in the morning, so I just drank tea :P (save a bit of $$ lah..) And then we took sometime heading off because some (particular) people didn't really sleep much the night before so we had to wait for them :P
Actually I wasn't too keen on skiing, cos Tremblant prices are apparently very 'steep' (hurhur..) But then in the end we only reached there in time for the half day pass, so it amounted to about $90 bucks with taxes added, so it actually was quite ok.. and since I probably will never ski again for the next 100 years, and also had hansheng as a ski partner, I went for it!
And it was SO FUN!! Ok, except the part where you have to put your skis back on after you fall, on the slope. There were times I took 30 mins just trying to lock the skis back onto the ski boots! It's actually a very tricky manoeuvre, I don't know why Canadians seem to be born with the ability to do it. First you have to put one ski on (which will take about 5 mins), then you have to cut that foot with the ski into the side of the slope so that you can balance on it and one of the ski poles, while trying to lift your other foot up (with the heavy ski boots), then trying to find some way to knock the hardened snow off the sole of that boot, and then trying to fit that boot into the other ski (must be exactly the right position and angle) and transfer all your weight to that boot so that it will lock into the ski.
Sounds easy? try doing that on a 30 degree slope, and soft snow...
Anyway, apart from that I'm fortunate to have come away relatively unscathed. There was just one fall where I ended up face down on the slope, with both skis facing opposite directions and hooked to each other in a straight line. Any bit worse and my ligaments could have gone! But yah everything feels ok now :O)
There was another incident with the ski chair lift that was rather harrowing, but if you want to know about that one, ask me about it and I'll decide whether to tell you about it or not :P
But yes, now I'm safe and warm at home at last, 11pm, getting ready for bed after finding out that Man U won and Arsenal drew again, and that Hansheng still has enough energy to watch the first race of the new F1 season at 12 midnight later.
However, I'm not the man I used to be, and I have my eye to rest, and church to wake up for, and an entire day of presentation prep and project work to do tomorrow.
I had fun today though. The ski slopes were truly magnificent, a mark of God's creation and an experience of a lifetime :)
- Mood:
accomplished
Hansheng, Ethan and Terence are doing the cooking now, and the rest of us are watching Andrew teach Jacky and Sherlyn how to play "Colours of the WInd" on the piano... from scratch :P
This week's been tiring though, assignments and other things to navigate through. Glad it's over.
and inside Burger King, we saw a little bit of poetry..
I'm sure that made it a little more persuasive to errant customers :P
and then some advertisements like to 'suan' other competitors.. like this!
ooops I forgot to rotate it! and I'm too lazy to change it, so just rotate your neck, or your screen :)
I also saw this sign, and couldn't help taking a photo of it! heheh..
Yup.. and the last photo for today was on a tie at a shop. Ermm.. not sure if I wanna pay good money for this :P
Yeahh.. New York sure is an interesting place.
We started our Spring Break with a few days in New York, reached there on a Saturday, and there was only one place I wanted to go for church on that Sunday.. Times Square Church! That's the church where David Wilkerson, from 'The Cross and the Switchblade' has occupied the pulpit for the last 50 years, since preaching to the street gangs, prostitutes and drug addicts in New York in the 1950s when New York was a dangerous place.
With an expectant heart, I left Hanting's place on Sunday morning to look for the church, and I wasn't disappointed. From the moment I entered the sanctuary (actually the overflow room... cos I spent some time waiting for Terence, Ethan, Seow and Hansheng.. and went in 10 minutes late!), there was that sense of the Lord's presence. It was also as though I was transferred right into the scene of the Cross and the Switchblad, 50 years on. Seeing the kid's choir do a choral introit of many songs, as well as the mixed choir made up of people from all races and background.. probably a few former drug addicts, all redeemed and worshipping the Lord, was something special. And it just moved me to tears, like I never cried before for many years. Tears of joy :) It was really a taste of heaven.
I was actually really hoping Pastor David would preach that week, cos apparently he only preaches once every one or two months, so I was really pleasantly surprised when he took the pulpit and gave the Word for the day.
And it cut to the heart.
The first thing he did was to go to Psalms 119:67.
"Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I obey Your Word."
And then verse 71
"It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your decrees."
Such water for the soul, an oasis in the desert, as though the Lord was speaking directly just to me, that I had to go to Times Square New York to hear these words of comfort. How often is this preached? I had never heard these verses being preached before, and Pastor David had to speak about it that day. The past year of struggles over my right eye (it's still blur), and the change of my lifestyle I've had to take, and the nights of pouring out my struggles to the Lord, to understand this strange trial He's placed me through, now had an answer, words of assurance from the Lord.
Such unction from the old man, daily just preaching straight from the Word, with the power of the Holy Spirit, and the urgency for a world in need of the Lord. It was indeed my privilege for the Lord to let me see this old warrior in action, before he leaves the world :) And i was blessed :O)
But first, I've got a test on Economic Development later, and a thought paper on Advanced Jurisprudence due on Friday, so that's all I'm thinking about at the moment :O) Stay tuned though! And you could check out the photos on facebook :P
I will write more soon...
Real Soon...
- Mood:
refreshed
(2) The Indian buffet spread at Maharajah is really good! And quite affordable too, 13 dollars including tip and tax.
(3) Butter Chicken is really nice, but Indian desserts take some getting used to.
(4) I'm not half the man I used to be in terms of eating buffets :OP Stopped at 4-5 plates, and had a sort of heart-ache after that. Strange.. Maybe the food was really substantial, so I got full quite fast. Maybe I'm just less prone to gluttony.
(5) There's a shop selling interesting books like V for Vendetta and Braveheart for $2 each. Incidentally they also sell sets of 4-5 comics for $1, good comics, really cheap. SQ if you actually come and read my blog and see this, I'd be most willing to get some back for you! If anyone else wants to tell SQ about it, you're welcome to do so.
(6) Tamaye (this girl in my Bible Study group) was from KGK! That's the Japan CF! Super cool. Maybe she'll drop by EARC, cos she's going back to Japan for good in a week's time.
(7) In Moses' (this guy in my Bible Study group) home university in Uganda, the CF just exploded from being non-existent, to hundreds of ppl who meet for lunch fellowship every day in their individual faculties, and also meet together as a large group on Fridays and Sundays (they took over the Anglican church nearby). And it all started with "Mango Tree Prayer", where the first people gathered many years ago to pray for revival. The Mango tree was in a field between a Mosque and an Anglican church, and there were no CFers before that ("born-again Christians" as he calls it). Till today they still meet every friday and sunday there to pray, and sometimes pray at night all the way to midnight!
(8) Many of that pioneering group of Christians who gathered below that mango tree to pray are all prominent pastors in churches all around Uganda today, and Uganda is officially 90% Christian today :O)
(9) It is a 1 hr walk from my BSL's place back home.
(10) Not wearing your shoes tightly causes nice big holes in your socks.. especially if you are walking long distances :(
(11) The wife of a prominent Singapore business CEO is facing a lawsuit for slapping an SIA stewardess.
(12) Dorea sucks at Boggle :P (she said it herself)
(1) Tobogganing (I still don't know how to spell it)
Basically you lie on a surf board kind of thing, hold on for your life, and slide face first down a slope. Really fun. I only tried it once though... and it was not as fast as it looked :P
Yup that's the slope that we slid down. Someone actually managed to reach and cross the gate (on his 6-7th try i think..), and got a $5 prize from Peter Benjamin :O).
(2) Playing the Accordion!
Oh no.. again I forgot to invert it upright.. but yup.. there I was, entertaining the crowd (whoever wanted to listen) with mary had a little lamb! It actually takes a lot of coordination, chords with the left hand, notes on the right hand, and you need to pull it and push it for sound to even come out :P
[in case you're really interested.. the 3 white buttons on top of the keys are to change the octave]
(3) Texas Hold'em POKER
Haha!! This is the poker they play at official competitions. It's actually like a sport here.. and it's quite like the gambling show kind of format. Slightly different from normal poker though.
Now.. you might ask, "what a game to be playing at an MCF Winter Retreat" :O)..
I asked myself the same question... for a while.. until..
Their Staffworker joined in!! Look how happy he is playing. Well we were playing with sugar sachets, so no money involved.. just like any other card game i guess :O)
Yup.. so in general it was an eventful weekend.. experienced lots of new things, learnt a lot of new things, and most importantly, I'm refreshed and set to carry on in the weeks ahead! May this not be an 'emotional high' kind of post-camp syndrome.. but may it be a genuine change in me :O)
Last week wasn't too easy, I had lots of things to think about, too many varied things, and on thursday my heart was very heavy laden, and I really needed a retreat. To add to that my heart was not right before God. On thursday night, instead of spending time in the Lord's presence and preparing my heart for the winter retreat, I instead went to waste time watching videos on Youtube. Yup so I actually left for the retreat with much burdens, and thus so much more I needed to meet God at the retreat, to hear His Voice.
And He did just that on the last night, impeccable in His timing, and familiar in His way.
But more about the retreat first. We met at the Shatner building at 5.30pm on Friday, and then had to quickly pack some dinner from there. And we got a great deal. This chinese lady was packing up for the weekend, and was in weekend mode! So she sold us rice with chicken and pasta and fruit salad, all for $5 tax included! Haha, that easily was the most 'worth-it' $5 meal i've had here. Hansheng and I gobbled it down on the bus all the way to the campsite.
That's us entering the campsite. It's actually a ski lodge kind of campsite. Just one building with many bunks with many beds, and a nice big 'living room' area that looks like this.
Yupz, here's is where we did most of our activities. As for the people in the picture, it's Noah at the keyboards, Sheila on the guitar, and Victoria standing beside her. Starting at the right on the sofa it's Joshua, then Joni (who is standing up), and then Christa, and I can't recognize who was talking to her. At the background from the right it's David and Shu-Yin (one of the staffworkers who led us in the manuscript BS), and the big guy is Peter Benjamin (the Yvonne of MCF :O)).
So actually while I'd compare this retreat to AnnTiC in its place and purpose in the MCF calendar, MCF is rather small (about 30 ppl in total), and thus it felt more like a PCGL retreat in terms of number, and there were 20 campers in total. Nice and comfortable for everyone to interact with everyone else.
The gathering of believers was also unique in that people were from all over the world! Something we definitely don't see in ethnically homogeneous VCF. Here's a list of where everyone was from :P
Peter Benjamin (staff) - Canada
Wong Shu-Yin (staff) and David - Hong Kong I think
Victoria - Canada
Christa - Canada
Anna - (not sure)
Tiffany - some Indian roots I think
Mittu - Indian roots too
Joshua - USA
Peter Kang - Taiwan, lived in Vancouver for a while
Sheila - China
Justin - Born in Singapore, bred in Hong Kong, twin studying in England
Michael - Canada
Mirko - Germany
Hernan - Taiwan
Hansheng and Lester - Singapore
Joni - Japan
Jeremy - Canada
Scott - Canada and USA i think.. not sure.
Dan - Canada I think
Noah - Hong Kong
Cool huh. We studied the book of Jonah, but on the first night, we watched a movie. ooooh... here's what the movie was about.
Tomatoes and Cucumbers!! haha... looks familiar? And we had popcorn and cookies to go with it :O)
Anyway on to the 2nd day. In the morning we had Manuscript Bible Study, which is pretty much like Inductive Bible Study.. I've got a really strong suspicion that they came from the same source :P haha.. But our session was great. Shu-Yin led the session, and she's amazing. She's 6 months pregnant, and still going strong, leading 5 JC ministries, always looking happy and a really dynamic trainer.
Great stuff.. we went on for 3 hours without feeling tired. Could go on for another 3 hours if not for the pleasant smell of lunch.
Afternoon was free time, but let me take a break off blogging now.. will come up with part 2 later!
I was walking along St Catherines (kind of like Orchard Rd in Singapore, main shopping stretch), and after passing by a typical shop window of a clothes store, something caught my eye and I turned. Something was moving!! and it was a dog!! peering out through that shop window of the shop that was closed, just beside all the mannequins! It was ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! Especially since the dog was wagging it's tail and looking as though it totally belonged there.
Some old men standing nearby also spotted the dog, and one of them looked at me and said "hey kid, you heard of that song (and started singing) 'how much is that doggie in the window?'"
An experience of a lifetime i'd say... only in Montreal :O) Too bad i wasn't carrying a camera
- Mood:
amused
At the dumpling-making thing I met people from all over! There were a pair of twin girls from China! Also, there was this girl from Hungary, that just went to Cambodia to do a project about the problem of cultural colonialism for 3 months over the summer.
Also there was this guy called Daniel from the Caribbean, and he was SO COOL! Big size guy (made you wonder whether everyone is big over there). It was nice talking to him about how people here are a lot more cold, less friendly, and how in the Caribbean everyone knows everyone on his island, and everyone has a sense of humour :O), and also how the West has sent a lot of missionaries to Singapore, which is why he's heard of Singapore.
And then there was this Malaysian girl called Ling, who was finishing up her first year at McGill.
And there was a guy from India, and another from Cambodia, and one from Hong Kong... and so on.
Truly International, this fellowship of believers. Loved every moment of it.
Evangel Pentecostal Church
Today I went with Andrew and Jacky to visit Evangel Pentecostal church, and it was certainly worth the visit. I walked 45 mins there and walked 45 mins back, but it was worth it.
For one it was snowing lightly today, and the snow crystals were big and nice. It's just so beautiful when it trickles down. There was a kid that was sticking his tongue out trying to catch a snowflake :)
Next, the church was about as big as Aldersgate in terms of congregation size, but they had a choir of some 40-50 ppl! And they had a brass quartet! Trumpet, Flute, and 2 others that I can't identify :O) haha.. forgot lah. I think the cello and a bassoon.
The sermon was characteristically Pentecostal (motivational, direct..), and it was good.
What a week it's been :O) seems so long ago that I came back from Toronto, but it was last Sunday! And this has simply been a marvellous week. I wonder what the week ahead will bring.
Oh, and my eye is beginning to feel bad again. It doesn't affect me as much, but i was trying it out today (haha.. trying out..), and yah there's just a strange deterioration in the right eye. I hope it gets better soon, with all my heart.
But a verse has encouraged me.
Isaiah 26:6 "but You will keep in perfect peace he whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You"
Praise God for His faithfulness through all generations :O)
Glad I went though, cos i was initially reluctant to go, since it meant buying a metro ticket 2 ways which would cost me 4 dollars. But it was well worth it. In fact, she had a piano there too!! Good stuff.
The next thing was absolutely fantastic too :P cos I got the results of my Game Theory test back today, and I scored 32 out of 40! That's just unbelievable. I was worried i'd fail, cos I did the two 16 mark questions, and I thought that I didn't complete one of them. So to get full marks for both of them was fantastic. Apparently I got one of the highest in the class too :P
So today i've been on high morale all day. Nice guitar, good grades, motivation to pay attention in class...etc. And I think there's free food coming up in the law atrium in a moment's time. Coffeehouse, sponsored by some law firm :P and there's a long weekend ahead to enjoy.
Hope you have a great weekend too, dear reader. :P
- Mood: enthralled
Between a well-planned trip with the other Singaporeans to Quebec city on 7-9 Feb, where i'll get to see the Ice Hotel! or
a McGill CF winter retreat somewhere near Mt Tremblant, where I'll get to see nice scenery and meet lots of nice people.
Blown
By the strong gusts of wind on the way to school today. It was 4 degrees, the warmest we've had in a while, yet when we turned up one road, we were blown so much we couldn't move forward. Almost blew us off the ground I felt. And ice pellets were assaulting us as well. Guess the Lord put a 'no entry' sign on that road.
Roads were slippery too, it's what they call freezing rain I guess, like a layer of ice on the ground.
Lost
Game theory test was difficult, still haven't got used to the notation, and also I drifted off during lecture just now once I turned on the MSN on my com... Realize I pay attention a lot better when my com is off... oh well. :P
Fooled
Here is why I lost the flow of the lecture once MSN turned on. My friend tricked me into thinking she failed her bar exams! Really class acting. And the stakes were high.. cos the day before I bet with her that if she passed she'll buy me dinner, and if she failed, then I'll have to "yang ta yi bei zi".
In the end she got 12th! well done man. Now I have a dinner treat to look forward to. And I heard Hsien Ming got 2nd in level!! Never knew she was so pro.
Happy
Things are going well I guess, and exchange has brought so many new experiences every day. It's been a month, and I'm really happy at the way it has passed, the people I've met and the things we've done. Terence is a great cook, Ethan's fun and organized. It's nice to be away from everyone and everything, all obligations and responsibilities too, and yet still being able to keep in touch with people back home now and then.
Oh, and I heard a SUPER LAME song on veggietales the other day! interested? go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sAVh5NkW
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