Courses and things i learnt

Attended the NE Seminar.


It was interesting.

We sat for hours and listened to folks from MOE, MTI, SNOC, MINDEF & MFA.

i like. it makes me excited about nation building (ha... really) in a more macro sense than classroom teaching. It made me wonder if i should go do a stint in various other ministries. Or go do another degree. Or something.

We walked for hours and visited the Army Musuem, SAFTI MI and SDC.

i like. it made me feel like joining the army. it made me feel like bringing my dad/ munch/ korkor/ lik khian there and listen to their army stories again. There was an exhibit of the first-era tekong bunk. i bet daddy would have loads to tell. There was a simulation theatre, similar to the one in Universal Studio. I asked, and a teacher told me it was similar to being at a life firing, but more dramatic. We saw the SAFTI MI bunks too. They look like Hall 3 hostels, but tidier.


And the shower cubicles had no doors.








It was also tiring.


SDC is soooo far away. I puked at the end of each leg of the journey - even though i drove. I wonder how daddy does it everyday. I'm glad i can get to work in less than 30min each day! The 3-Learning-Journeys-in-a-row was exhausting too. We walked from 9 to 1. I kept feeling the crampy/contraction pain in my lower abdomen and wondering if baby was gonna just pop out right there in jurong. But she didn't. =).





Tonight, i went for another "course".





Spiritual Foundation Course Wisdom For Living Lesson 2 Managing Your Time.





I need to plan to schedule the following into my life:


1. Develop spiritual disciplines


2. Spend meaningful time with spouse/ children


3. Maintain friendships and share the gospel


4. Read and reflect


5. Serve others


6. Get regular exercise and rest





Nothing happens unless you allocate time for it.


Especially for a recluse like me, the things i drop off my schedule first (#3 and #5) are those that requires human interaction. And once they're off my schedule, they're really off.


Bad. Cannot.





Been meditating on Colossians and something which struck me greatly was...how to live a life that is pleasing to God.

And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:

bearing fruit in every good work,

growing in the knowledge of God,

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,

and joyfully giving thanks to the Father.

And it kept "poking" me that He wants me to bear fruit in every good work.


HAiz...




But dun talk to me about it.





It's a childish and spoilt thing to say, but dun talk to me about CGs either.






Anyway, tonight i also learnt another thing.
The amazing ability of a Big Belly.

Instructions:

1. Lift Belly.
2. Put paper to be "giap-ed" between Belly and thighs.
3. Rest Belly on paper.
4. Your papers are now firmly giap-ed.

There. What a week of learning it has been.