Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The start of my NIE life...THE START OF MY NIE LIFE.....
haha yeah! finally i'm being paid to study..hehe...dats de privilege tat NIE students get haha, so join NIE if u wish to be paid to study!! haha i sound like i'm doin propaganda ya...but i'm not..hehe.. And so far, i've gone thru my first week of lessons at NIE and for dat first week, i only came to NIE for 2 days!!!!! out of de 5 weekdays!!!! get paid to slack at home for 3 days haha...but of course, de worse is not here yet...de "time freedom" which i'm enjoying now will be paid for in de weeks to come when i start to be busier. Tat's life, i guess.....
So far, i've attended classes for my educational psychology , ICT (IT stuff for student-centred learning), and maths teaching courses, and all of em actually involve group work and projects...haiz...guess i'm dreading it cuz i'm juz not used to it. You dun always end up in de same tutorial group as your frens, but tats ok if no group work is involved, but tats not de case. So, you've gotta form groups wif ppl whom u're not very familiar wif, ppl whom u've juz met for de first day in class for juz abt an hour or so, and you'll be double blessed if u can find sumone in ur group tat u can click well wif. Finding urself a group is not much of a problem, but its de part on clicking wif de ppl in ur group tat is sometimes de problem... but again, tat's life! Just hav to learn to get de hang of it since NIE seems famous for doin group work n projects all de time. But thank God tat so far, I havent met anyone whom I die-die cannot click wif one... haha...
And in NIE, we hav this project on service learning tat we hav to complete. Every group hav to organize or do something tat wld benefit de community, like organize a survival kit course for primary 1 kids, or bringing disabled kids out for an excursion, or stuff along tat line lah... i find tat i'm de type who wan to faster get tis over and done wif, and choose sth simple w/o too much preparation work...haha..but i tink de ppl in my group r de more meticulous type, maybe cuz they got more experience in community work than me. Oh well, juz hope tat tis whole project wld turn out positively though..heard tat got one group who wanted to organize an outing for disabled kids, but last minute de owner of de home for de disabled kids said tat they've had enuf wif volunteers cuz a kid injured himself during an outing organized by volunteers. Hence, de whole meticulously planned outing had to be cancelled cuz de home din wan to risk anymore kids getting injured, so to put it "not-so-nicely", all their efforts went down de drain n they had to start frm scratch...sianz....juz hope tat such things dun happen to my group can liao... Maybe i'm really too comfortable in my comfort zone, and shd do more community work instead..hmmm....
Yup and this week is quite interesting cuz i get to meet up wif my frens in uni!!! Met Meena for dinner on tue at Secret Recipe, and gonna eat jap food wif my honours chem frens on sunday...yay!!! Feels good to be able to indulge now tat i'm financially independent..haha...juz hope tat i'll be able to be thrifty in my spending and be able to save de target amount i set for myself per month (to buy car..haha). And of course, not forgetting my tithing oso, which I tend to forget...which makes me feel like I'm owing God money lidat... Need to do sth bout it, which requires discipline. I remember sumone ever telling me b4 tat we shd be stewards of our money too, and for him, it is during months when he faithfully tithes tat he finds tat he gets enuf to spend, but when he doesn't tithe, de opposite wil happen. Irony ya? but i guess it's God's way of honouring him for his faithfulness in tithing. And I always remind myself of tithing from tis sharing :) Well, at de end of de day, I find that discipline is very crucial in maintaining a fruitful spiritual life. QT, praying, tithing, maintaining glorifying testimony all requires discipline.
Anyway, my next pay day's cumin soon too!! YAY!!! and hopefully, i'll be a faithful steward of my money :) ....my hair's almost dry..lol...so i shall stop here to go n sleep now...haha...till next time, cya! ^_^
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Lyna