Heart Melted
Sunday, January 28, 2007
It is just so heart-warming to see even a baby is learning how to worship God.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't how to play the guitar, it doesn't matter if he knows nothing about the keyboard.
All you need, is the Heart Of Worship.
Yes, the Heart Of Worship.
posted by Rod @ 7:48 PM,
Growth
Friday, January 26, 2007
English lessons in the MRL is fun, Mdm Sonia Yeo's students will know that.
She will keep lamenting and scolding us, "What's so funny? Why do you all keep laughing? Why do you all have to talk so much? "
It's always these few questions. English is a boring subject. It's not as though it's Literature that kind of thing where you get to analyse and then discover stuff which you don't see on the surface.
I'm not advising you to zone out during English lessons, it's just the nature of the subject that makes you do so. It's not like Maths or Science where you have to pay real attention or else it's equivalent to knowing nothing at all.
These are the kind of things that you would resort to when you are having your own fun during English lesson and it so happens that you have a collection of strings, those given out during examinations, used to hold your scripts together.
See, get what I mean?
All the while since the first day of school I have been complaining about how irritating it is to carry her mike up and down the levels before and after her lesson, and the best part is that she doesn't use it all the time.
However, my view of it has changed. Her mike can actually bring laughter to the class, by jacking her, blocking her voice and she would hold a faulty mike and actually speaking into it, when the amplifier doesn't project her voice.
It only lasted for a few minutes though. The laughter was priceless though.
Speaking about schools, have you actually looked through and ransacked your memory bank, of how you actually look like when you were very young and how your friends look like too?
I've received a blessing two nights back, stumbling upon a great discovery. I found something which I thought I would never ever come across ever again in my entire life.
How about, let's say, a class photo which was taken in the year, 1999?
I am totally amazed. Let me share it with you:
Click to enlarge
I know that the enlarged version isn't that big. I'm using photobucket cause I don't like the feature of blogger, the picture uploader. It irritates me a lot.
Go screen your eyes and spot which one of them is me and compare with my recent class photo, how about Sec 2E' 05?
You might find a similarity.
posted by Rod @ 7:01 PM,
Happening
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Ever wonder why we don't complain that much although we're doing a subject which requires lots of time and energy and we start earlier than others?
It's because we're happening, like this:
posted by Rod @ 11:27 PM,
Gloomy
Monday, January 22, 2007
I'm feeling so down now.
The barber whom I always go to, to get my flat-top haircut, which I am famous for, has moved his shop to some other place where I do not know.
I can no longer find such a great barber with great skills and charge me at the secondary school rate when actually the price for the flat-top is $4 more.
Now, I no longer able to get my flat-top and I have to change to something else.
Something else which I will feel very uncomfortable in.
Something else which doesn't project me as me.
Something else which broke the custom of flat-top, which I have been having for 4 years.
Something else that wouldn't fit me at all.
I'm at loss. I'm feeling as though I have lost a loved one. O, my beloved flat-top.
I am in need of a haircut now and this is what happens to me.
Why? Why? Why? WHY?!
Maybe it's time for a change of haircut. How I wish I could cut like Mr Vincent Tan's.
Sad note: It needs gel.
I need a haircut.
posted by Rod @ 6:41 PM,
Blessed
Saturday, January 20, 2007
I thank God for such a great Sister In Christ, a great friend, as well as a great twin.
When you are faithful in the small things, you can be faithful in the big things.
She is faithful in the small things, a simple short note that she wrote might seem insignificant to somebody else out there. It doesn't, to me.
It means a lot to me that I carry it around with me whenever I go.
Small actions, great impact.
posted by Rod @ 1:17 AM,
For a Special One.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
This post is specially meant for Mr Tchen, Form teacher of 3C ' 06.
Dear Mr Tchen,
I hope that you would be able to see this. We've received the e-mail from you and I can't help but keep thinking about what you have done for 3C and what kind of students you have produced under your care and supervision.
Although our class didn't do well for both our sciences, you didn't give up on us. It would have seem that almost any teacher would, but you didn't.
You were patient with us and I know that you will always be. Our Form Teacher, CE Teacher and Physics Teacher. You taught us 3 subjects. There were many times when our class has disappointed you and let you down, with both academic results and even in behavior.
We felt really bad when we knew that you would get into trouble with Mr Tan, especially with that kind of results that we produce under you. Most of us gave in our very best, including myself. However, it still didn't happen. That made us feel worse.
Teachers gave feedback to you about our class, and sometimes were negative ones. You knew you had to do something, but you didn't scold us. You made us reflect instead, you made us think about ourselves and our actions.
Despite all these.. You treated us like adults. You showered care and concern for us. You would award students who did well, and even treated the class candies and chocolate during Children's Day although in secondary school, we don't celebrate it.
You would never reject any of us whenever we needed help, but instead help us with all that you can. You would joke with us when you know that the atmosphere is dead. Even some teachers think that you're special, and yes, you're indeed a special teacher.
There isn't a need for a class of 41 students to prove this fact. 3A' 06 said the same thing also.
Seniors whom you have taught before say the same thing also. I can even name a few whom I know of : Chi Wen, Ming Rong, Gabriel.
I just want to let you know of the impact that you have made in our lives. It's so strong.
3C' 06 came back to school as 4C' 07. On the very first day of school, this was what we asked and said to each other:
Where's Beng Huat? We want Beng Huat! SOMEONE CALL HIM BACK! We need Beng Huat!
This is true and even until now we would still hear and say that in class. ( I know that it's rude to call you by your name, but we're desperate. ) You treated us a sumptuous meal of Pizza Hut and we were very grateful for that ; For not every teacher would do this kind of thing for his/her students. Some of us guessed that you might be leaving, but we hoped and wished that it wasn't true.
The makan session was great, but above all that you have done for us and bought for us, we would really want to say this:
We would gladly trade all those just to have you back in TK and to teach us, to father us till we graduate.
We're like eagles with wings but still can't fly properly, but like what you mentioned in the e-mail, we would spread our wings so wide and soar in the sky. We'll soar so high in the boundless skies.
Mr Tchen, we will never forget you and what you have done for us. You will always be living in the spirit of the class I hope that you're able and drop by and visit us sometime. ( Probably our graduation night? Come more often! )
Love,
Roderick & 3C' 06 & 4C' 07
posted by Rod @ 8:14 PM,
Heartlander
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Hi Jasmine! Here goes the pics taken before chinese lesson last week!
Cherie looks really pretty in this picture. Haha.
Just in case if you're wondering that I'm not in NPCC and yet I'm posting their photos on my blog is because they took it with my phone. So, yeah. Self-explainatory.
Being a heart-lander is great. You get to go to night markets which are near your house and come return home with popcorn, Ramily's burger, sweet corn, cheese hotdog. Haha.
I came home with this:
I have sudden fond of sugary stuff now. I don't know why but I just want to eat them. Haha. But I'm sure that I'm not gonna get diabetes by eating that. Haha.
posted by Rod @ 10:25 PM,
Business
Monday, January 15, 2007
I finally took time off from the Sec 4's busy schedule, to look through the Langlit notes given during English lesson.
I thought my name was quite straightforward and I didn't add in my surname, so I made an assumption that there would not be any mistake.
I was proved wrong. No one was responsible for my assumption.
I am called Goderick. Does a R look like a G to you?
Well, this mistake is considered quite minor. Considering another cause where Biondi had his name as Biondi Bear. I really don't know how did that come about. I need enlightenment for this one.
If you're wondering what is this about, let me tell you.
This is a new private university set up to help prepare Singaporeans to be able to join the workforce when the IR is ready in 2009 to 2010.
The Paris Graduate School of Management (PGSM), founded in 1975, is a renowned higher education institution which offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs.
PGSM Group is made up of five undergraduate institutions in the fields of Management and Information Technology.
The Paris Graduate School of Management is an institution under the French Grand Ecole System, and contains not only ESG but also:
1) Ecole Superieure de Gestion Commerce International (ESGCI) - International Business
2) Ecole Superieure de Gestion Finance (ESGF) - Finance
3) and Ecole Superieure Genie Informatique (ESGI) – Computing and IT
The Grand Ecole system can be described as:
1) The grandes écoles (French: great schools) of France are higher education
establishments outside the mainstream framework of the public universities.
2) They are generally focused on a single subject area, e.g. engineering, or management,have a moderate size, and are often quite selective in their admission of students.
3) Employers in France prefer their executive managers and senior people including engineers to come from the Grand Ecole System.
4) President Chirac of France is a product of the Grand Ecole System and not from the
University.
There are more than 3,600 students within the PGSM Group on the group's four campuses in Paris and 14,000 alumni.
All these is a summary of what Paris Graduate School of Management is about. Basically the BBA ( BTMICE ) programme offered by PGSM is only 3 years.
If you were to realise, the in-thing in Singapore right now is BTMICE. This course enables you to get a job when the IR is ready.
If you want to have more information about it, refer to www.pgsm.edu.sg
*It is also found on pg 10 of today's Straits Times.
posted by Rod @ 7:07 PM,
The Miracle In You
Saturday, January 13, 2007
What a great day is it today. No heavy rain and the weather's cooling.
There isn't a need for air-con or fan to sleep.
As I stood before a crowd of 600 over people, I shared my testimony. It's a fact that God is alive and with me being able to be there for service proves so.
I fought with my parents and argued with them, I fought my way out in faith and my prayers were answered. I prayed that everything would turn out fine and I would be able to share my testimony and let everyone during the service witness what great things God has done through us through the video made.
I wouldn't have made my 180-degrees change in my life if not for God and the glory goes out to Him!
The reason I dare to proclaim His name on my blog is because I know He's alive and I will hereby declare to everyone that He is!
You will never see a congregation of 600-over youths jumping and praising God, getting the whole floor shaking and rocking till the projectors go shaky. And you'll never get to see all these youths, just drowning in the presence of God and just worshiping Him - if He isn't real and alive.
You can ask any of our youths in Heart of God Church, and I can guarantee you that their testimony is satisfaction-guaranteed. This is one thing I can be forever sure of.
The school is the most important place in the world. It's the harvest field.
The schools will be taken!
posted by Rod @ 11:05 PM,
The Big Fat O
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
It seems that now I've been infected with the way how Mrs Tan Pui Ling speak.
You're her student and you'll realise that when every time she emphasizes mistakes made during O lvl, she'll go: Do not do this or else you will get a big fat zero.
I'm so stressed up now.
Look at this.
What does this look like?
You'll see something like this again in a few months time. That would be the time when you sit for the written papers.
I just have the privilege to get my question paper a few months earlier than everyone else.
Good luck to myself as this torturous period starts. :)
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Replies to tags:
Jing: Haha, I don't even know what caused it cause I didn't see the doctor. Counting the no. of days I've been eating chicken rice, that would be from Sec 1 and only until 3 years later this happened. Haha. I'll try the telepathy sometime. Feel my agony and frustration this week.
Passerby: Hi Passerby, that's cool. We welcome you with open arms. Just tell me when you're free. You can add me at cs_dreadlord@hotmail.com and we can talk. :)
posted by Rod @ 9:05 PM,
Being Sick Aint Fun Either
Sunday, January 07, 2007
For those of you who had been wondering where I disappeared to halfway during the CCA Recruitment Day, I went home.
I'm suffering from gastric flu, something which you never ever want to experience. I can't concentrate on studying, I can't eat well, I can't drink well. I'm weak, in summary.
I vomited 7 times in a row during the 2 hr plus period in school until I was left no choice but to return home.
I didn't visit a doctor though. This thing about me is that I don't normally seek medical help only until the stage where I can't take it anymore. Yeah, this is how stubborn I can get at times.
This goes out to my juniors: You all have done well for the event, it's your Chairman who didn't put in his best.
The whole of next week are all tests and I'm not sure if I can survive the first one: Physics.
The girl with the goofy smile; dubbed by Amirul, did this to my hand.
I can't believe I trusted her man. She betrayed my trust for her.
posted by Rod @ 5:11 PM,
School Ain't Fun
Friday, January 05, 2007
This is the first week of school and everything has been going so "smoothly" that we have already gotten our schedule for Term 1 and Term 2.
The pieces of papers looked so innocent, some even coloured papers, namely pink. It looks so innocent on the outside, but it kills on the inside.
It ain't any ordinary schedule, it's a schedule of tests and remedial. They tell you in advance to let you know that you can't escape from the hands of the evil and sly, innocent-looking paper.
We're fully booked for the whole of next week.
Tests Everyday! Hurray!
Now this has come to a point where I have decided that I would update my blog at least once a week, namely, Friday.
This is the best day cause 6 months later on the same very day: Fateful Friday, I would love this day.
Cause that would be the day that the Sec 4s are released from their CCA, which means I would be free by then!
Yeah, I can't wait to get out. No more calls and and flash assignments, I can safely forget all that I've learnt, which is nothing by the way.
Don't think that because it's called Computer Club means all the members know everything about IT, well, most of them don't. That's why they joined the club to learn more, but they didn't get what they wanted when they got in.
Enrolling as a know-nothing, graduating as a know-nothing.
Aren't the fishes cute? We couldn't bare to tear down the notice board so we left it as it is now. Let's just see how many generations of 4C would this notice board decoration go through. I just hope the next batch would not tear it down.
Therefore, 3C' 07, hear this loud and clear! Do not tear it down.
Adrian Pang's got white hair at his sideburn there. Hmmm, celebrities work under pressure too. However, they earn big bucks at the same time.
posted by Rod @ 11:55 PM,
New beginning, bad start
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
First day of school;
You get to know your teachers, new seating arrangement.
Look what I have:
Physics - Mdm Khoo (a new teacher)
Chemistry - Mrs Tan
A & E Maths - Mrs Tan Pui Ling
And the rest of the teachers are almost the same.
I seriously hate it when you have a teacher teaching you and your CCA teacher-in-charge.
Now I seriously gonna have to work hard just in case she's gonna target me with any questions. I seriously need to know how to answer them
I loathe Sec 4 life.
posted by Rod @ 4:04 PM,
