Random thoughts, rants and reflections

woah it's been almost 10 days since my last post...thought that i come in with some new updates in my life (since i can't get to sleep anyway...why not)

Support Raising
I'm officially at 92% now, which means i'm left with about $150/mth to raise, or about $2000 more to cover my year-long stint period. Running out of potential supporters to call up, so please pray for more supporters to come my way.

Ministry @ FR
this is kindof huge.... so i'd break it down into a few parts, namely:

TURT 06
My responsibilities for this coming Ultimate Road Trip, other than being the staff co-leader, is to be in charge of logistics, and plan for our 'Alpha' boot camp. Things are slowly moving into full swing, and it suddenly seems like there's so little time to prepare.

Office IT
being the IT person in my office means i'm able to make recommendations for computer-related stuff eg purchase of networking hardware and other peripherals. besides this, i'm also in charge of maintaining the FR web page.

STIR
that's the name of FR's new band. we are currently preparing for our first exposure gig this coming may, with weekly rehearsals on monday and thursday evenings.... dun really see this as OT.... cos i enjoy it!! =) upcoming next on STIR's schedule will be the GSP (Government School Project) come october this year, i'm quite excited to see how ppl would respond to our music.

My Life
i feel that this year, i've been placed in many situations where i have to learn to cope with new emotions..... or familiar emotions in a completely new scenerio. this is reflected mostly in my work at FR, where i find there are so many new lessons that i've learnt - coping with disappointments, anger, tearing down any illusions of the ideal christian work environment, relating to my colleagues, relationship with my disciples, maintaining friendships etc... just yesterday i had to literally restrain myself from making a really nasty retort to someone, and on hindsight i'm glad i did.

Of being 'Gentlemanly'
there's perhaps nothing that irks me more than females using that 'be a gentleman' card to arm-twist guys to conform to their fantasy world. now now.... before anyone accuses me of being the classic MCP, lemme first make a disclaimer that i DO know how to treat a lady right, and i recognize that the female do have certain perogatives. however this doesn't mean that i have to treat her like some handicap person by doing everything for her (oh c'mon.... handicapped ppl are far more capable than that). and no no... i'm not saying this because I had been on the receiving end of some stick from an angry female, but rather out of bemusement at some of my recent observations. i feel i could go on all day about this topic... but then again i dun really wanna spend that much time writing about this here.

alright, that's so much for my 'update' tonight. till the next time i blog, stay cool, stay tuned ;)