Rain Rain go away...

Now where shall i begin from? My first horror discovery of the day, was I forgot to bring my umbrella out. Well its normally left inside my Zinc bag, u see, and it so happened tat mum borrowed it out 4 her majong session yest, which i forgot. Anyway wads happen has happened... 淋雨lor... some more 8.30 lesson, & today weide pass me some NIE textbooks so i got to lug them ard. So I attended class, amazed by the amt of words i see on those boring slides, & i can hardly understd most of it, for they r written in PhD language. My classmates were largely language & social teachers, & for once I've become the minority grp in class (apart frm surname 'ang').

And bcos I missed breakfast, the 1st stop after lesson was the NTU canteen, where I feasted upon the western stall's mix grill. Come to think of it, teaching is very much about who I am, not just about how much I know. Nobody cares about how much u know until they know how much u care. And ironically they still choose to download information on us teachers, though we're neither windows nor Mac OSes. Awesome.

GH wanted to meet for lunch so while waiting for him I decided to hav a short QT at the lib. I realised I need to pause my life & get things right b4 I move on with life. So many things r not so right as i begin this yr. To begin, i'm assigned a job tat i really dun wan to do but reluctantly took on (last year). From then on, I tell myself no more freelance for less than 2k. My emotional balance was badly affected bcuz of it. I'll settle n get it out of my sight within this month.

In wat ways have I been Thankful? Victorious? Blessing? I caught myself swearing more than I give thanks (e.g. when i discovered i nver bring umbrella out). Not so victorious as I struggle w some personal & ministry issues & now this freelance stuff. Not so much a blessing now cuz I'm so scared of helping ppl fix computers now (i've been helping this family last yr & felt so drained when i kena recalled back several times cuz of this n that prob). Felt like i'm paying too big a price beyond wad i can even giv... So when runxian called me yest, i just say, "can try la." instead of the usual "ok! let me take a look!" Thats y I have to come back to the Lord to set things right again & ask for more faith again. Maybe this kernel of wheat falls to the ground but haven die yet. Lord help me not to become discouraged.

How can I continue to GO DEEP? LOOK FAR? ASK BIG?
Good question. Keep myself accountable. Make it a point to blog my devotion everyday! Wait upon the Lord everyday! And believe God for the impossible... come to think of it, its time to gear up my spiritual momentum & take some really bold steps to win the lost this yr (my family inclusive). Learn & use magic tricks. Its powerful.

One thing I'm really thankful for is to be able to wear casually for NIE. Very soon I'll have to say bye bye to these comfortable clothings & tucking out of shirts. I'm also thankful that most lessons (abt 80%) starts late Feb - which means I can recover & work harder on the weekends, like this weekend.

-Roar

Hey, have a look at my blog.

I posted some nice videos on my blog that i hope will brighten some of your lifes as i know school has started and i think most of u guys are under stressed. Well got a prompting to post some of the videos i saw on the net that made my life so much brighter. So enjoy, here's the link.

常常感恩，常常夸胜，常常祝福

I hear, and I forget
I see, and I remember
I do, and I understand

One of the greatest challenges to teaching is the different ways pple learn. It was said that we only use 10% of our brains in our entire lifetime, and we rem only about 10% of the stuff just by hearing, 50% by hearing & seeing, and 90% if we hear, observe and do it. These numbers are just arbitrary, bcuz only geniuses rem 10% of everything they hear, the rest rem less. No wonder i can rem only so little from my past education.

You see, I was wondering why after 5 days of attending sch, our poor youths sit thru another 2 hrs of SOL/Post-E lecture followed by 2 hrs of sermon? I'm not blaming the system, but smth doesnt seem to be right. I can feel the weight when I reflected on last sun's experience. No wonder after the weekend I feel more tired. No wonder our pple are learning so much, yet learning so little... no wonder when the boys beside my bus seat were so excited about the PSP than discussing about wat they've learnt earlier, & no wonder pple fell asleep in church.

No wonder for the 1st 22 yrs my life was so unproductive. But I'm glad I'm still growing. I discovered 4 main areas of growth as I was talking with Ryanham on sun. These 4 main areas are: Physical, Intellectual, Emotional & Spiritual. I'm so thankful to God that I'm not a one dimensional being. Sons, I pray we will diligently develop all these faculties to their fullest this year. Playing dota only uses the Physical & Intellecctual aspect. Becoming a spiritual father uses all of them. No wonder the G12 vision is so powerful. Live and Grow. Be always thankful, always victorious & always a blessing to all. Get out of your comfort zone. Allow God to stretch ur faith. Live an impossible life. If we don't live life to its fullest, then its really not worth living at all.

-Roar

photos

yoyo
is time for me'
show u all photos of my family holiday during the
the school holidays.The photos are not in order




























Thats all for now
i have more photos if u want to see come
and look for me.
shawn