lately, i found myself wondering

"and leave yourself intact, cause ill be coming back"

I am amazed at how gloomy the weather has been. All things considered, i find it a constant battle to resist the temptation to lie on my bed. Friends, as in my earlier post, i talked about the battle that looms, the battle of exams. Here is the gathered intel on what the enemy looks like:

1)Facebook - this unassuming social networking website schemes to take away our attention from the serious matter of note making. Its constant "notifications" send our brain waves into a frenzy.

(TIP: Turn off notifications, in serious attacks of facebook, pluck out your wireless internet connection)

2) MSN - Yes, we all like to be online. Yes we want our fellow soldiers to know that we are - currently in reid library, or i hate exams, or or the bestest one, my brain is pain from too much mugging. This IM application serves as a double edged sword as it could help you when you need to ask questions from fellow course mates. It becomes a distraction when you start to talk about things not exam related.

(TIP: CF facebook)

3) The TV - We reach the time of spring when new block busters like Gossip Girl, OTH, Heroes, Scrubs and the like are showing at prime time. Honestly, how can one be expected to study on a thursday night where there is at least 6 hours of unwatchable TV. TV kills the best of us and besides distracting us from studying makes us vunerable to what i like to call "undeveloped brain" syndrome where our brain starts to slow.

(TIP: Get a grandmother to hog your TV and all is solved. Other more helpful tips are to tape your shows and watch it during the holidays.)

4) Youtube - Again, another scourge of the enemy that rips the mightiest strongest most studious student down to shreds. Those darn futaris are always coming up with new songs. And who can resist watching bloopers of Malaysian's finest sing on Idol. Watching NFL players smash each other is also a highlight.

(TIP: Blow your bandwidth way early before exams so streaming videos becomes unviable. May backfire when student tries to access CMO)

5) Eunice teo - the biggest and more un subtle distraction. Profile of enemy has indicated that she likes to sms or call you at the most inconvenient times. Distractions can last from 5 mins to extreme cases of 2 hours. (TIP: Change your phone number or resist the urge to go on msn)

note: the last enemy is a joke. JOKING only la eunice, dont get mad)

And there we have it, the enemy has been identified, i do hope that company intel has been useful to all our kiwi warriors. Now on to some somber thoughts...

Certainly, the week that passed was surely an epic one. From the mad rushing around on friday afternoon to the crazy time we had at cell appreciation where first the message of who God is was spoke about and then we had our chance to express our appreciation to Oonice. It was truly a testament to the story of change, and this change really only came because of our openess to God's hand in our lives. . I know we have talked about this, and people have said what they needed to say on our journey this semester. but honestly, the truth of the matter is, next semester, there be times where we will go ' i dont want to move on, i just want to keep reliving.. However, the moments we shared will forever be a part of us, there is beauty in the breakdown. So get excited for next year, your next cell, heck get excited for the rest of your life. 

This friday, Eunice has graciously invited us to her house for dinner. I dont know about you guys but ill be camping in the lawbury or reid(gay asian people on the third floor making so much noise) all day and a dinner after sounds pretty good. Apparently, she would like us all to be seated by 7pm. Pre-drinks will be from 6 to 7 and some light aperitifs and crudities will be provided along with champag-neee and OJ. There will be a short time of prayer and worship after our evening nourishment. Im pretty pumped up knowing that we head into our exams with the promise that God will be there for us. Philippians 4: 6-7 is pretty appt here i think. So lets continue to smash those books, pawn the noob units that we undertake and like Pastor Pat says, shine God's glory through our results and lives.

I believe in angels,
The kind that heaven sends,
I am surrounded by angels,
But I call them friends.

I believe in angels

The kind that heavens send

Im surrounded by angels,

I call them friends.