last month of teaching in sch....

sch has started. sch's gonna come to a close to me in a month or so. when i look @ the pple doing their nie prac or just starting out, it reminds me of my days in PYSS, and when i first started out here. 3 yrs hv gone by, quickly as it might have seemed, but its been a long process at the same time...

currently, i'm deployed to teach the weirdest stuff... so completely different from what i hv been used to. its a different experience. but i am relishing the last moments of teaching in the classroom setting... and with less admin sort of work, i am reminded that hey, i do love teaching after all! hv new staff sitting beside me after SY and CC have left, LR and CL sort of taking over my duties, so now trying to guide them a little, i do enjoy the bits giving my nonsensical kind of advice. :) in short, i'm enjoying and treasuring this last lap of this season.

meanwhile, there are positive signs towards the new season. PJ has asked me to do 2 sets for his bro's wedding following mon after next. LR has contact at a local rest that requires a pianist fairly urgently. tho i do get some discouragements from some concerned frens, which do shake me a little, there is no turning back. I just have to trust and take the step of faith into the new unknown.

meanwhile at sch event today, HH n i ran 3.5km in abt 24 mins. it was a leisurely jog which we chatted throughout. i really enjoyed the run and the sprint at the end. LL said she cheered for me at the finishing line. how sweet. ha ha.we finished as the first mass runners... lol.. like anyone cares...

for now, i'm just waiting for the silly cake to be done in the kitchen, den i'm gonna take my blissful nap....

THank You Abba.

(re)discovering God....

we're oft so used to noeing God as someone with 'fixed' plans for us...
we're oft comfortable with the God whom we have come to known from previous experiences...

will we ever noe God fully? i think not. today i've found something new about my Father. Tmrw, something else awaits. it prolly isn't the most comfortable idea we have, based on what we have known. at times it makes us run away from Him for a moment. but He is greater than all these, because even in the process of 'running away' it is still a part of the journey to noe Him further.

'avoiding Him' is but one stage of noeing Him more. Wrong? Oxymoron? I'm not sure. but its something i'm trying to figure out now. tight tension between am i being notti or am i noeing Him in a different manner, perspective, capacity... am i finding excuse for myself? perhaps? yet, He's above all.

that said, i do not suggest that 'avoiding Him ' is good. it is but, a journey in which steps have been chosen, but above all, He's in control.

meanwhile, two things tt made me really happy yest. one, a fren of mine agreed to pop by my 'cellgrp' 'frigrp' 'bsgrp' watever grp it is. two, PJ asked me to play the piano for his bro's wedding in jul. i just met up w him to discuss a little. 45mins for cocktail and 50mins for 1st set into the dinner. my FIRST set!! ever!! :)

i've just set up a new blog that documents the songs i'll be and am working on for lounge stuff. need to get my repertoire going. :) blog is linked at the sidebar fellow bloggers under princess... :)

an obedient student i am....

last week, my piano teacher told me to listen to jimmy chan's pieces.

so today i got two sets of cds by jimmy chan. one set with eng and the other with chinese oldies. think my mom will love the latter set.

watched ocean 13 w EL today. its quite a farnie show, minus the silly cramps that cld drive me crazy...

my sis is back from the states... to drive me nuts... no lah... she's back to try to get a flat. sigh... of course... where does all my mom's attention go to? sigh... it really neva pays to be nice... i need a lot of grace from God to last me thro the months to come....

song listening to now: what a wonderful world
in CL's words given the addition back at home "Wonderful" indeed....

my new DISC profile

D - 16
I - 40
S - 28
C - 16

I took the test abt 10 yrs ago. My dominant traits were I and C. Ppl laugh hearing I'm a C. BUt HEY, i was a C in the past based on the demands of life 10 yrs ago. Tho I must say I'm quite surprised I'm a S. Me, S? Since when? Hmm.... age does make a difference i suppose.

ST thinks that I'm a D. But we realize that I"m actually a 'functional D'.If i'm not in charge, i rather sit back, watch and support. If I'm in charge (not by choice, cos i dun like), den yes, the D will surface, not by choice again...

Well... so here we have, my new DISC profile.

i did mention that i'll be blogging more often.. but looks like it did not come to pass ey...

while i've been going thro a stage when i'm 'avoiding' God somewhat, I am thankful that He is faithful and will never let me go.

Meanwhile... what has been happening?

Sch hols hv finally begun tis week. Last wk was spent for guit prac, guit CIP (which was great, when i heard the gals played i cld cry because i knew that was possibly the last time i'll hear them play the syf pieces), followed by megacamp... good time spent catching up w ST and LL... before i leave...

scaled Gunung Lambek twice, a 510m hill. Dun be deceived by the small figure, it was mostly three point contact and to do it twice in 24 hrs was no joke. first time did it w ST as a recce and 2nd time did w the kids. really appreciated the time spent in recce w ST.

SOTA called me when i JUST finished the trek w the kids. TYpically i dun pick up calls while i'm overseas, i noe not wat made me do it.. and it was like.. GOOD NEWS! got an interview. tho i'm tasked w having to do a LP which freaked me out a bit from the expectations stated.

SO i spent d past few days working on the LP. its not spectacular, very me... but i'm proud of the hard work put in.

meanwhile hv been busy meeting up w frens... suddenly i seem more 'popular' in sch w more pple taking to me, most trying to find out y i made the decision and wat my plans are - which... i myself hv no idea! i'm quite surprised how i lived my life... actually make pple rethink their lives... its nice to realize that... somehow my life does enrich others.. simply by how i choose to look @ it.

watched pirates of the carribean III n shrek III over the past couple of days w TS n EL respectively. met P for lunch two days ago. oh... had a 'celebration' dinner w ST last week or something at IKOI. met FS for breakfast yest... he's a dad now! hung out @ zouk yest w TS, Haz, AT.... not quite my cup of tea, but the supper after that was great. :) reminded me of the suppers we had during the S3 camp. For Spice, the food is definitely better @ simpang than at river valley.

updated my work review within 45 mins today, did it w AL within 15 mins. cos there wasn't much to discuss. it was more a... formality.

today had my piano class.. after two long week. i told my teacher wat i wanted to do.. i'm serious abt playing in hotel lounge. its becoming a reality. he tinks tt i can make it!! :) and gave me a list of 10 songs to start of my repetoire. tis is exciting!

tmrw, i'll be going for the interview @ SOTA. ooh.. dunno wat to expect. but am too tired to tink tonight. so shall tink tmrw. :)

loads of rambling.. cos just too much hv gone on. i could hv gone on and on abt the CIP, on and on abt the camp... tho.... sometimes ... how much memories shld we retain??......