Resolutions

Here's one last entry before the year ends, since I'd be out for most of tomorrow. JJC's Graduation Night cum 25th Anniversary Dinner cum Prize Presentation Dinner was okay. What a mouthful. The proceedings were exactly the same as last year's, the food was about the same so-so standard, the entertainment was just as boring and no one was paying any attention because everyone was busy taking photographs and/or catching up with old friends/ex-teachers. Well, they did up the ante by inviting Mr. Lim Boon Heng to be the GOH, since he's also an MP of Jurong GRC. Okay, but besides that, it was the same. Boring. Haha. They also awarded the book prize receipents a measly $30 for their achievements. Yes I hear some gasps of disbelief and some sniggering at the back there, but that's what they gave. Okay okay, I should learn to be thankful right? Yes.

So on the bright side, well, there's no such thing as a free lunch, but there can be a free dinner, especially since the college's decided to foot the bill at the last minute. They also presented each of the awardees a door gift of sorts, which they probably couldn't sell well to the students/alumni. I also got to talk to teachers like Ms Lum and Mr. Arthur Kok, abeit briefly, and some old boys of the Class of 2005. Above all, thank God for the award of Best Performance, in a most unexpected subject - Geography. Haha. It's not that I hate it, but I've no great love for it anyway. Sorry Ms Lum! Hah.

Thanksgiving today was not bad. While it wasn't as formal or hyped up as the previous one, the photo presentation done by ahem, yours truly provided some comical relief and variety, while the simple testimonies shared by Dawn and Ben touched many. I really hope so! Haha. Indeed, God has seen the ministry through an amazing year. Never in KPC's history have we experienced such growth and revival. Praise be to Him! =)

2006 has been a year of tulmultous change for myself, and if you've been keeping track of my past entries, I believe I've mentioned about the various changes I've been or still am going through. Things like the not-so-smooth transition to a single life, student to unemployed status to odd job labourer, taking on a youth group for the first time, enlistment, changing camps for four times, before finally settling down as a reluctant and inexperienced junior commander and moving on to a new youth group again next year. You know, they say that the only constant is change. I'd say that the only constant is God. And God does not change. Throughout the year and its accompanying changes, He's always been the same, providing and looking out for me. Sad to say, I haven't always been trusting and looking to Him for guidance. Human nature I guess.

So as the New Year approaches and I resume the new phase of unit life, I really pray and hope that I'd be able to commit the year and everything in it, be it National Service or outside life or Faith Factor work, into God's hands. With that, I conclude my final entry of the year! =)

And this happens to be one of my favourite Christmas presents. Yeah, a bit late but still, it's the thought that counts really. Hah.