Sunday, 3 August 2008
27 July 2008, Sunday
Chapel Anniversary programme was kind of boring, but the food was not bad, although Liang Fu found a rain tree leaf in his vegetables. The programme ended later than expected which made me feel that it is very long. I went to bowl with Mou Wei in the afternoon at Kallang Leisure Park and I was surprised that the place was crowded even though it is not accessible by train yet. Mou Wei and I tried out some of the new bowling balls as it was the demo day and we get to use the lanes for free. We bowled till five plus before going home to study.
28 July 2008, Monday
I had Fluid Mechanics 'B' lessons from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm. After lessons, I met up with Samantha at Buona Vista train station to go home as bowling training was cancelled.
29 July 2008, Tuesday
Sailing training was quite tiring as after the 2.4 km run, we went to play captain’s ball till eight plus before we were allowed to go home. I improved my 2.4 km run slightly, and I am determined to further improve my timing and hopefully be able to run below ten minutes by the end of this year.
30 July 2008, Wednesday
Plant Design lesson ended at ten in the morning, so after that I met up with Mou Wei to run one round the school which is about 3.5 km. We ran under twenty minutes, but we were jaded after the run and I was totally covered in my perspiration. I went for lunch with Mou Wei after the run before meeting up with Chor Boon and Kai Yuan to go to Kallang Leisure Park to bowl. We took a taxi down and got there in less than half an hour.
31 July 2008, Thursday
I took my Effective Interpersonal Communication role play test in the afternoon, and I thank God for guiding me through it so smoothly that the lecturer was impressed with my performance. I startled a little during the test and I got a little nervous at times, but I still managed to sail through it. The lecturer said that I got an 'A' grade for the role play, but I am really hoping that my final grade will be a distinction, or at the very least an 'A' so that I can get a high GPA for this semester.
01 August 2008, Friday
After lessons, I went to meet up with Daryl and Ronald. Daryl came over to my place to study and bathe of all things, because he felt wet as usual. He made a mess of my toilet and I had to clean it up. After that, Tse Yun’s friend, Neko, came to my house to fetch us down to the Festival Of Praise. We went down to Kallang Leisure Park first as Neko and Tse Yun had not eaten their dinner. Daryl and I walked around the place looking at sports stuff while Neko and Tse Yun had their dinner.
The Festival Of Praise was very impressive as so many people gathered in one place to worship God. We got really good seats which were facing the stage directly because we went there one hour early to get them. Natalie came with her friend, and Sher May came late but we reserved the seats for them already so we could sit together. After the event, it was already ten thirty. I met Nicole there and managed to get her to take a picture of me and my friends. Thanks Nicole. Everyone headed straight home after that as it was already very late.
02 August 2008, Saturday
Earlier in the morning, I drove down to Daryl’s house to run with him at East Coast Park. When I got there, I realised I had to pay one dollar just to park my car at his house. This is the first time I have to pay for parking at a condominium car park because it is normally free. Anyway, we ran quite fast and we did not stop at all for the whole of four kilometers. After the run, I went for breakfast with Daryl at the famous fish soup stall near my house before he went to church for worship practice.
In the evening, I went for Festival Of Praise again. This time, I went with Boon Teck, Jeredy, Jeremy, Kai Ping, Kia Wei, Lindsay, Neko, and Tse Yun. Tse Yun bought two CDs before the programme began and the songs are really nice. We were seated in the north balcony of the indoor stadium because the place was so packed, even though we went there two hours before the programme started to queue up. By the grace of God, so many people came to worship God and listen to His word. I was really blessed by the message by Reverend Mark Conner and the worship lead by Hillsong and Parachute Band was really uplifting. I hope I will be able to go to Festival Of Praise again next year.
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