Haha. Looking at Khalis' blog makes me wanna smile and laugh. Not that it's hilarious but that it's sweet and interesting! I thought it was Khalis who FINALLY blogged but it turned out to be Lina. Haha. Sweet! It was still nice. At least give some life to the blog. Not like someone hor... haha. I guessed she'd touched down today. So hope she had a safe journey back and be able to meet Khalis soon! (: Lina, if you are reading, I'm looking fwd to hearing your tales and stories of your HK trip! =))

The week in hall didn't turn out that bad. Partly cos I went back home to slp on Monday night. It was a comfort to go back there. Mm. But the week itself wasn't tat good. I caught the flu bug!! It started on Monday during lab and thereafter! I had this wonderful lab session of drawing (and I really mean wonderfully good) except that it started to get too cold plus the pouring rain outside makes it worse.

After that, I went on with my lectures as usual. Didn't take any med or go back to hall to rest. Went for BSF at night and boom! I felt really unwell and ill. So I called home asking mum to pick me up and send me home to medicate and rest and slp.

The nxt day, Tuesday, was the worst hit. I almost caught a fever! I had to take panadol and slp till dinner after all my lectures and lessons ended (and yes, I still insisted on going for my lessons. ha). But tat was a good rest and managed to study pretty well that night. Also, that night, zg asked me not to go for his parade tml. So sad :(

Well, so it was on and off. My flu comes and flows. I think I caught a cold instead cos my body aches. I learned it from Le Jing who said flu is running nose. But cold is when you have running nose and the body aches. Haha. I literally almost used my whole tissue box that I had jus brought to hall! Boy! was blowing my nose away at nights. And I also had a bit of asthma. Bad. Once I entered the air con room, there goes my lungs and trechea and nose. But I'm safe. Thank God.

Now, my nose seems better. But I think it had turned to cough and alot of phlegm is still stuck in my throat. At least I didn't lose my voice. But I hope to recover soon before the ball nxt week! I wanna enjoy the good food! And don't want to be wheezing away or coughing away there and then. Hopefully, with ample rest and good medication, I will recover fast. Also, exams are round the corner! not good to be sick! *I miss those days when I can eat chocolate, drink mocha and eat whatever I can*

So exams are in 3 weeks time! One week has just passed. Have I started revising? I guess you can count it so. Cos I'm revising those topics that are going to be covered in the up-coming tests. So I'm taking those revisions as studying for exams. I've also started planning already. For the entire coming 3 weeks and also during the exam weeks itself. Quite a tight schedule such that I have to keep rubbing off my initial plans and add topics on certain days. Quite stretched and scary.

I'm just cautioning myself against unrealistic expectations and goals. I've learned over the years to be realistic and in doing so, reduce stress and disappointment. I guess this is the best I can do thus far. Could be done better if I'd started revision earlier. But if so, does that call for a 5 or 6-week preparation for the exams? A bit too early, don't you think? Well, I'll see how this sem goes. If revision is really too tight and unrealistic, then I guess I really have to prepare 6 weeks in advance. If that is the demand of uni studies on me, then it shall be! No matter how stupid I may look. Okay. On another note, the plan is tentative. May I have a heart-mind attitude that is willing to accept changes that God brings about!

Well, I must say that I've made quite a number of significant and good changes. And before I start to list them down, I must give God the glory, honour and thanks for giving me the discipline, patience, motivation, strength, perseverance and hope! So here is the list. Dedicated to God.

1. Reading that day's lecture notes (revising what was taught that day. It helps me to retain info in my head and I'm more prepared when I attend the next lecture which most often is a continuation of the prev one. It's a more consistent revision so I know what I'm studying and not so stress up now when I'm reading my notes again
2. Reading of Physic textbook. Thank God for understanding of the text. And mind you, it's PHYSICS textbook--the subject that I'm not really good at. And I'm glad I read it consistently, trying to keep up with the pace of the lecture. I read EVERY single chapter that was taught! Yay! Except for relativity onwards. Cos the txtbook talks alot but not the lecture. So I don't know which sections to read and which sections not to. I must say txtbook helps me alot in understanding concepts in GOOD, PROPER, LAY-MAN'S TERMS English. And I get to make and jot down alot of notes on my lecture notes that are additional but good information (: Not to forget, the solution manual that has the complete worked solution! =))
3. Planning. This time I did planning much better. And try to have more time to prac on past year papers. I hope it worked. Or better than what I had planned!
4. Completing my tutorials on time. Yea. Nothing beats practising and I'm glad I didn't rush alot to complete them!

Overall, I do feel more prepared now as I'm preparing for my exams. It's like I know sniplets of the lectures in my head already. So it isn't that hard to revise and look at them again. Not that foreign!

Well, another thing to thank God for was my 2 A+ results I received today! First was my lab! Did a drawing lab. And the teacher commented that my sofa and window was well-drawn! So he gave me 90--A+! Yay! Quite happy for that! And I hope that it'll pull up my lab marks again. And I sure hope (and slightly confident) that if the formal lab report didn't go wrong, I would score well (like A- to A+) for lab again! Then, it'll pull my GPA higher! =) Yes! Hope. But whether or not I really get that result, thank you God! Below are the pics of that lab. I'm also planning to create a facebook album for my drawing pics! The progress you know. Not easy leh. Haha. Check it out soon!

The 2nd A+ result was my effective comm project! Thank God and thank you Wanting, Jue Xuan, Yuan Zhe and Yu Zhu! Thanks all for your help and contribution and sticking around during the crisis! It was really a crisis! Just 2 days before submission and I was told that we did our project wrongly! How bad can it get! So in just 2 days, we rush out a write up which earned an A+! Yay! And the brochure earned an A+ too! It was a very beautiful and well-done brochure! Thanks to Jue Xuan who did up most of it! With her powerful skills in powerpoint! Super power lah! Can go ask her to help me out nxt time! I bet she had explored all the effects and functions already lah..in the new M. 2007! Thanks all once again! I'm sure it'll pull up our grades and marks! Especially for me when I know I didn't score well for my assignment 1 which was a B+.

On another note, I spent alot of time preparing for the Esther bible study today. Really alot. I started my QT and all at 7pm and then headed on to read the book and prepare for BS till 930pm! That's how long! I read 2 chapters. And after reading, had to take down pointers, look at the material I had and the qns and think of how to link them and what to say and what I can skip...boy! It sure is alot of preparation work. I learned alot in the process but what struck me more is this question "So, this is the amount of effort you should be putting in for EVERY Bible study lesson. Not just in your BS with Shuhui but also to your future DG if you take up the SM role. This is the amount of commitment and time and sacrifice demanded of you. Are you willing to do so? Are you willing to put in that much effort? Are you willing to take up that challenge and answer that calling to prepare lessons and lead?" Till now, I have not given a firm answer. But I've got a chance to see the real amount of effort needed. So, am I ready and willing?

Well, all in all, I had a good, fulfilling, enriching, meaningful, God-filled Bible Study session with Shuhui today! After stopping for so many weeks! Finally there's a chance and time! (: And thanks for the sharing too! Will be praying for you!

Well, weekends are here! Got a study plan to carry out! But also feel like relaxing tonight. Just can't. But I so wanna catch the jacky chan movie tat's coming out on 2april! maybe I'll watch with jeremy if he's free. one of the friday nights when he booked out with the pair of cheap tix he's gotten. else, I'll jus go catch it alone. can't possibly be having others be obliged to watch with me when it's near the exams. if i wanna have a break and put my studies at a little risk, let it be me only. don't implicate others. tat's my rationale and the comfort i tell myself when i watch movies alone. ha. okay! to end off my post with an insighful poem:

I am only one,
But still I am one
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something that I can do.