Low Han Yew’s Journal

I went to to East Coast Park today, alone.

I had my Quiet Time there. I felt too stressed up from doing my tutorials. I wanted a break. I went alone, with my bible. I enjoyed the sea breeze and the light warmth from the sun, and my personal time with my Friend, my God (Holy Spirit). I had undivided attention from Him. I prayed. I read bible. I relaxed. I rejuvenated my strength.

Then, I went to find Bernadette. I met her at her void deck, then, we went to MacDonald’s of Bedok Interchange to chat.

I told her about what I gained from yesterday’s sermon by Kai Ming of Philippino service (from my Church), on vision, and the story of Walt Disney’s wife’s answer to a man who commented, “Isn’t it a shame that Mr Disney did not live to see the completion of the first Disneyland?” She replied, “He (Walt Disney) saw it, that’s why it’s happening.” This is the power of vision.

Bernadette told me about what her group’s Family Day did in the guitar room of her secondary school, about the daily morning prayer meet before school starts, about a friend who came to receive Christ, but kept falling back to her old ways of sinning, and so on. I walked her home and I am refreshed. I enjoyed spending quality time with her.

If you are reading this, how do you de-stress, when you are stressed?

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Hello.

Today, I changed my amplifier. My old amplifier died on me for two weeks. I haven’t had time to buy a new one until yesterday. Today, my new amplifier arrived, and I changed it. I can finally practice guitar with sound. Yay!

Here’s a picture of my two amplifiers. The old one (Marshall) is on the left, and the new one (Ibanez) is on the right.

In case you are interested to know what chords I played, the progression is:

Gmaj9 Bm7 Am7
Gmaj9 Bm7 Cmaj7
Cmaj7 Gmaj7
Cmaj7 Em7 D

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This is my first semester of my first year! I was once a freshman, in Temasek Polytechnic; now I’m a freshman again, only that I am studying in NUS.

Friendly Peeps
So far, the people I encounter at NUS are generally friendly. My OGLs are friendly. My classmates are friendly. My CBLC seniors are friendly (CBLC is the club I joined recently). The NUS internal shuttle buses’ uncles are friendly. Even the strangers can be friendly too!

Yesterday, I got lost in the vastness of Engineering blocks. I approached a lady, and she decided to show me the way to my tutorial venue! It’s my first tutorial for m Singapore Studies module. She told be she’s a research student. From her dressing and accent, I guessed she’s from China. I’m so thankful for her help!

Map! I need a NUS map!
I’m a Business student, and Engineering school is not so near to Business school. That’s why I was not familiar with the geography there. Click here to see the NUS campus map.

3 “A Lot Of”s
A lot of printing…
I lost count of how many times I printed my lectures notes and tutorial notes. I have yet to print my readings… But by the look of it, I think I’ll be spending quite a sum on printer inks and papers, if not, to pay for the printing services in the campus. We have the soft-copies of the documents, e.g. .doc, .pdf… etc, but I just prefer the hardcopies to hold in my hands when studying. I mean, I don’t want to lug my laptop to school everyday and stare into the screen all the time…

A lot of traveling…
Right now, I’m using a NUS EZlink with tertiary student concession, for the hybrid of MRT and bus services. On average, every trip to or NUS takes me approximately on and a half hour. (Arghhhhhh… I’m always squeezing my ways through for the Bus 95 and Bus 96 at Central Library!)

A lot of waiting…
A lot o traveling also mean a lot of waiting. I have to wait for the bus or the MRT to come. I have to wait in the bus and MRT to reach my destination. To counter this waiting time, and to harness it to be more productive, I came up with two general ideas:

3 “I Need To”s
1. I need self-discipline
Sometimes, or many a time, the lecturers teach, and I don’t understand… The tutors explained, but I still don’t understand. I must read up on my own. I must learn to ask questions. I can ask my classmates too.

2. I need planning
The CORS module bidding and tutorial swapping system is very new to me. I realize I have to do some planning to get the module and timing I want for my time-table in future. The Time-Table Builder will be a useful tool.

3. I need wisdom
What else am I to say? I know I am wise; at least I am wise enough to know that I am not so wise. That’s wise, isn’t it? After NS, going back to studies feels indeed foreign to me. My math skill seem to have deteoriated. I have to write again. To my horror, but no surprise, my handwriting seems to be legible only to me (and maybe a few others). Suddenly, my handphones have so many new numbers, including girls’. LoL.

Pray, yes, I will pray for wisdom!

God, give me wisdom!

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It’s always good to have goals and vision. I have intended to write this blog post, but I couldn’t find the time. I have been busy coping with my studies matter. Now, I’m ’stealing’ time to blog this entry. Anyway, here’s a list of what I want to have a fruitful experience out of my NUS campus life. (Take note that they are not listed in any particular importance.)

1. Friends
I want to make more new friends and develop new friendships! Yes, I will collect the numbers and the msn email addresses. What is school without friends, right? A chinese saying goes, “出外靠朋友。” It means everyone needs friends when you’re outside of your home.

2. Degree
Right, I go to university for a degree. I am resolved to do my best in my academic studies.

3. CCA - Co-Curricular Activities
Hmmm… I don’t think CCA is compulsory for us, but I just want to be involved in an activity club, so that I can make more friends, i.e. friends from other faculties, and also to enrich myself in my NUS time.

As for my concerns… I’m in to my third week of studies as a freshman thus far. I always believe that attitude will go a long way in any person’s experience and maturity. Here’s my attitude:

Dad, I need wisdom. Give me more wisdom. Use me, somehow, to draw my friends to know You. Yes.

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In a recent sermon I received in my church, a preacher shared this quote.

Talk about ‘walk the talk’ and ‘practice what you preach’…

“It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong;
not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich;
not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned;
not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians.”
~ Francis Bacon.

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