Videos

alright here's a small clip of the dance performed @ Plunge just now. i apologise that Part 2 is too big for Youtube. almost made it; it was 103MB (maximum size allowed: 100MB, argh).



and here's a clip which was our Hoodland V item back in 2004 taken by Jovin (thks!).

Plunge

God didn't have to create an emotional atmosphere for me to return to Him. He merely gave me a nudge to ask for prayer and i decided to be obedient after a long while.


i had expected Neale to pray for me cos he was standing together with the other counsellors, ever ready to pray for those who stepped out in faith. surprisingly, Joel Tan and Chongwei took a quicker step. it's okay i couldn't be prayed for by Neale, anyway he has always been praying for me so i thank God for that.


Chongwei led in prayer on my right, and Joel on my left. i could hear Chongwei clearly, but i knew Joel was praying for me as well, albeit in a less audible volume. i had asked for prayer for my A's and my getting back to God.


after the whole thing, i realised it was so déjà vu. i recalled that Chongwei had also prayed for me when i was 10 years younger back in 1997. i had just joined Church of the Ascension that year and we were at a Junior Sunday School camp. Dennis led worship that evening (how i miss him! glad he's back from Korea) and there was something like an altar call. i stood up to be prayed for and Chongwei was the one who prayed for me! i was emotionally and spiritually moved and i broke down with tears in heaven. that was the moment when i accepted Christ! praise God. 10 years have passed so quickly, i had been pretty close to God and i have been drifting away from Him. it's time i return.


now 10 years later, after i was baptised and confirmed last year, it was Chongwei who prayed for me again. it didn't happen intentionally or by chance. it was divine appointment. haha. oh ya i also just realised Chongwei was from SAJC too (so really, it wasn't by chance). i saw his Friendster profile some days ago. i'm one of his featured friends! cos he's got only 5 friends so far. cool thing.


the Lumpies, Neale and Solomon were sitting along the same row as i did just now. i hope they too felt God's presence at the event. i know there weren't swarms of people who attended but that's the feeling that i enjoy at CoA: cosy. God bless those who have worked so hard in putting this event together (including Chapel of Resurrection for allowing us to use the premises) as well as those who came!



hmmm "Pastor Glen(n)" sounds nice ...
is that supposed to be a calling huh?

A more balanced judgement

alright alright Justin perhaps i was wrong to imply that our Econs department is overrated. but i wasn't exactly blaming our notes; i was merely highlighting the possibility that our seniors did well because they studied other schools' notes. i was presuming, not assuming. note the difference okay? haha. anyway you'll also never know if those students from elsewhere who study our notes actually do well in their Econs. heh.


i just received a reply yesterday after i had posted my entry. it was a little contrary to the trend that i observed. this senior said, "For Econs you can depend on SAJC's notes, but you can also refer to other JCs' notes. Sloman is quite useful too. For History you don't really need to use other schools' notes, although sometimes the teachings differ quite a bit. SAJC's notes are quite trustworthy, looking at the A grade percentage in recent years."


wow Jerome you're right, John Sloman is a good old friend indeed.


here's my conclusion: SAJC's Econs notes may not be totally reliable but it isn't totally unreliable as well, so i shouldn't dismiss them as totally useless. (this is like so, totally!) i shall use a little of SAJC's notes plus other schools' notes as supplementary material. totally cool.

Advice for A's

recently i discovered a trend around me:

my friends @ SAJC are relying on notes that are not obtained from our own school; i see notes from other JCs, notes given by tuition teachers, etc. etc.



out of sheer curiosity, i did some sort of a survey via sms. this was what i smsed my seniors:

"When you were preparing for your A's, did you trust purely on our school's notes, or did you also read other schools' notes?"



these are their replies:

"Both. I used other notes and our school's notes together. Depends on which subject. i got Bs for all. For Econs especially, it was a big help to use VJC's notes."

"Our school's notes. It's sufficient because the supposed JCs usually have non-syllabus information. Best to study any notes with syllabus as checklist."

"Some other schools' notes."

"So as not to confuse yourself, you should use our school's notes. But some schools' notes should be better, while others might be worse. For me, I had enough trouble just studying our school's notes, so no time to see other schools' notes."

"Honestly right, when preparing for A's the most crucial thing is to do ALL questions from past year papers. Reading notes only won't help you much. But if you have weak topics that you need to read up first, use other schools' notes. SAJC's notes are very misleading and sometimes lack content."

"I relied mainly on our school's notes, with a little supplement from other schools. Like those that I think are really good. Our school's History notes should be ok, our track record is quite good. But for Econs, try to get a bit from outside."

"I used the lecture notes to digest the concepts. Then other books, then prelim papers, then past A level papers."

"Well, I did use a lot of ACJC's notes for Geography. And a lot of Wikipedia. But the most reliable are definitely reference books that teachers recommend and from libraries."

"For Biology I used the Longman guidebook. Other than that it was more of doing practice than studying notes."

"I did refer to other schools' notes for Econs. The rest I just used our school's notes."




hmmm. for 18 months i actually thought our Econs department is really reputable with solid substance, with most our seniors doing well over the years. now i realise it is probably because they studied notes from other schools' Econs departments.

thank God i've got a sister from VJC (although some may despise that), an awfully good friend from ACJC (although i don't take Geography) as well as easy access to Wikipedia (although it isn't totally reliable).

Glen Parker is Studyman

as my exams are nearing, i'm making my way to passing them, albeit at a slow pace, but i'm sure i'll be able to climb my way to the end with God's help. and each day shall begin with promising hope to accomplish humanly-impossible missions and end with sweet dreams of the one who causes my heart to skip a beat whenever she appears.

Out of town

The author of this blog leaves for Kuala Lumpur on the morning of 7 June and returns on the evening of 11 June.


ASCENSION FAMILY CAMP 2007
7 - 11 June 2007
Theme: "WE ARE A FAMILY TREE"

Déjà vu

"Follow Me"

Girls' Soccer Finals: SAJC vs VJC

after a great deal of Saints had their hearts broken yesterday in both Girls' Hockey finals and Boys' Soccer 3rd/4th placing, we finally managed to break some Victorian hearts before sunset today. Mr Ben Soh, i had thought whenever you said that, it wouldn't come true, but your words did come true today.

congratulations, SAJC Soccer Girls!

and to my beloved sister Ulrica Liang, you have another chance next year, so all is not lost, unlike me who doesn't have another chance anymore.

It ends tonight

today marks the end of our soccer journey as we take on Victoria Junior College once again, but this time it's at the National Stadium.

whether we win or lose to VJC, i just wanna thank our fellow Saints who have been supporting us both physically and spiritually. nothing beats seeing your fellow schoolmates cheer for you even when the result is not what they want. after all, they cheer for you, not for a win. and that's the spirit of the Saints which was one of the main reasons why i chose SAJC in 2005.

may God reward our supporters today for their long-suffering support.