Extended Cirriculum

So..while everyone else is on holiday, probably sleeping at this time now, I'm going to school soon. For extra lessons. Each 1h30min long. And school ends later than usual. I guess it helps in the long run, and I really appreciate the teachers efforts to come back to conduct lessons but I think they've put too much in one day. We have O level Chinese next week. I can't really speak for the other students but personally, adding CCA, I am just too exhausted, mentally and physically to do any studying..

I've been more worried about FLL than I should. I just want it so much more, after last year. I really want to experience it. Winning really isn't everything but I can't deny it isn't important XD In any case, FLL is really fun and I'm sure this year will be too. :)

God's perfect Plans

All that ranting aside, we learnt in Sunday school today that all things happened for a reason, that it is all scripted out perfectly by God, just that we can't see the script, or how perfect and well planned the script is. That even when we go through bad things, they happen for a reason. Although I did not share today, I had too many experiences that truly shows this. The main ones being

1) Gym. I had completely no idea how I got assigned into gym but I felt like I had to try it out. Though it was pretty much 1 year and 2 months of physical (i'm not a sports person), mental and emotional torture (hmm..maybe thats a little exaggerated but oh well), it taught me perserverance, tolerance, patients, reaching my limits and people-people relations.?? Also, since I missed the infocomm auditions when i went for dance, I would not have been in such a great CCA now if not for gym. Not saying gym isn't great, I suppose it has its plus points.

2) FLL 2010 It was really a struggle for me, but through this, I learnt to be a better leader and friend and that theres so much more to just winning. A little surprise then came to me in July...

So yep, no matter how bad things seem, God is always there to support you and you can be sure He has already planned things out perfectly. :)

"...And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11

Its raining really heavily now..Hope it becomes slighly less heavy so that I can go out without getting drenched. :P Its special CG today. I think I'm slacking big time now. Ms Lau says its time to work hard again. I think she's leaving next year. I would say she is the most special teacher I've had so far. So strict, so fierce and well, frank, but I still really like her as my teacher. I really hope I left a good impression of myself on her?

I'm gonna to a Testimony tomorrow at YM service. I'm really really scared. No wait, nervous is a better word? But I guess if God had somehow allowed me to go on stage in front of the whole level to deliver a really short speech as a "delegate of Turkey", I should be able to do this. :)

Business has been good :) Many orders for the whipped cream ring, which I am wearing now :)
K, I shall go now, want to buy a drink before going to CG.

Results are back

So, since last thursday, we got back our results..I would say my results are satisfactory..Passed E-math, though not very well, 78 for Bio, 69 for Chem (not happy), 68 for Combined (really really not happy),
And...I PASSED A MATH. FOR THE FIRST TIME. Thank God! :))) All things are possible with God!

We  had our iMUN briefing today. I am a "delegate" of Turkey :)
Yeps.

SO..nothing really much other than that really..

Marking day

Woke up late today (9am) So shuang. :) Felt a little better this morning and decided not to ponder over things that I talked about in the previous post.
So, after breakfast, which was toast and poached egg, I read my novel again, have not read for leisure in a long long time, say, about a year??? I am sure school encourages book reading right...

Then, after finishing the book, I had the sudden urge to bake. After getting the green light from mum, I went to the library to get a recipie  book. In the end, spent more than an hour there deciding what I wanted to do.

Then finally, went to Phoon Huat to get my ingredients. Met Xin Hui there :)

The cupcakes were successful and good and the decorating part was really fun, but tiring. Mmm..

Sad, no CCA tomorrow

So..exams ended. We (Xinying, Yuting and Renee and me) went to Rosemary's house to chill out. After a while, we went to collect the popin cooking from CandyPlay Singapore. Then, being too excited, I wanted to begin right away. So we went ahead and did the gummyland set before dinner. It was really awesome fun but really harder than it looks to make the gummies. It tasted pleasant as well but definitely, the taste does not match up to ready made gummies. The dinner was scrumptious, prepared by Rosemary's mum, who was very generous, friendly and hospitable. I did not stay over cause of enrichment the next day. :((

But the enrichment (social and fine dining etiquette) was more interesting than I had expected, the trainers were fun and the content was good. It was an enriching experience, especially the "hands-on" part. Yep, the five course meal tasted quite good too! The personal effectiveness course was also more fun than I had expected it to be. Better than the previous years', thats for sure.

That aside, time for ranting...I sometimes don't think I can do this much longer. I really don't like to be the one trying to partch things together and then no one see the effort much less appreciates it and then just gahh..can't explain this. Nevermind I just leave that for now.

AND why can't they understand that this is difficult for me? Or maybe, at the least, offer some assurance. I feel so insecure and unsure now. Plus, being slammed in the face by yet another disappointment today isn't helping very much. But I don't think I will be giving up.

Yeap. Artsie Melancholic indeed.

I guess all that I can do now is keep praying. The Lord understands fully :')

Almost done!

Yeah! I can relax a little over the weekend cause its EL paper 3 on Monday :) Thank God!
I am quite disappointed with how I did for amath, but I hope I will miraculously pass!
Gonna make clay miniatures tonight! And build my mini pet shop :)))

This song really brought me through myEOYs :)
I believe it is an older hymn, compared to the ones I have been posting. But its really meaningful :)