gen12ii

just came back from the commissioning.

btw, i'm going on a gen12ii (ccChrist) local missions proj in late june. Will prob be giving out newsletters in a bit (overdue)

status update: socially- v busy w all kinds of things to do. physically- appetite back with a vengeance, thank God. spiritually- tired, and haven't really rested enough, contemplated God enough. Maybe that overlaps with physically.

was reminded today of Phil 3 again, the bit about "I want to know Christ..." and i was, while challenged, also left wondering at it, the idea that man could say this in the first place. "I want to know [God] and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so somehow to attain to the resurrection from the dead." but man can know God, the One who holds the seas and the mountains in one hand? God suffers? God has /died/? and after all these things, that God has risen, that God has conquered death, is no less wonderful, but nothing can change the fact that God who made skin took on skin that could bleed, and get stuck by splinters, and touch dead people and make them live.

Blue May

May is rather blue this side of it... let me dissect my current learning.
Melb.U runs a course that is "Systems-based" rather than "Subject-based". A look at my time table would say something like:

Week 7: Overview of Anatomy - connective tissue, epithelia, viscera, yada yada
Week 8: Genetics
Week 10: Embryology (yes! that's all the pure embryology we're gonna get!)
Week 11: Receptors & Basic Pharmocology

the plus points:
-lots of breadth and coverage
-co-relation between subjects
-less dreary, more diverse

the cons:
-lots of different subjects to study at anytime!
-the depth required for each subject is hard to judge (and it's irritating to stop & find out i'm only covering it in semester 5)
-blind mugging seems to have a lesser effect than it did before

Ok i'm just fussing cos i sat through 8 straight hours of studying and it's making me irritable. Test on friday, exams start on June 10. Patience to cook falling. Instant noodle consumption rising. Life's good =) Oh and i bought a guitar a while ago..don't think i mentioned it =)=)=) helps with my sanity at home! (for those interested it's a Takamine ED-20SC N) Ah Pei Yi sends her greetings; yes she's doing very well (her essay totally put mine to shame)

How's everyone doing? Hope's everyone's well and good and enjoying the hols! God bless...

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clem, why did your silence is golden entry not appear? did you decide not to publish in the end? it was nice and poetic. how's class? send Pei Yi my love, i'm been MIA on msn :/

have recently been made aware of the need for us (over here, at least) to involve God in our conversations. Smth i learnt last month is that God is the centre of the universe and our worlds, in a sense the Protagonist. So it must be our lives' business to stand still and consider His work. It makes sense to me now that God is the First and the Last, and all Creation only lives and moves and has its being in Him. I want to learn to think of things not in relation to myself, but to God and His Kingdom. It's only when the eyeball sits in its socket, part of a face that's part of a skull that's part of a head that's supported by a neck and body, that the eyeball makes sense and has a function. (does that make sense?)

After the viva, these "free" days (full of deadlines and things to do, which is why i haven't done a lot of things i was supposed to, like update this blog and check msn)--- but anyway, these days have been quite wild-- less structure and more varied tasks. Pray for each others' quiet time! How is it going? (this would be an excellent time to use the Comments function. Do this by clicking "0 comments")
will send out the tutorial in a bit, hope i have the list. Thus eliminating almost any reasons one could have for not posting. Bahaha.

please refer to the "writing questions" tag on the left (scroll down) if you have writer's block but want to write. Or share about a passage that has taught you smth :) psalm 16 for lois

happy may day!

happy may day!
woohoo! no holiday for me though

good to hear everyone's finished exams and having hols now...post more!!! except me cos mine are still to come (in june) yup had mcq's for one of my mid-sem tests (2nd of 3); no problems.

anyway life's settling into a nice routine: wake up, breakfast, school (drats three 8am lects a week) lunch dinner etcetc. cooking is an almost daily affair-trying to compile pics of everything i usually cook.must see improvement! more or less fitting in regular spells of study and stuff throughout the week too, though i could probably be more kiasu if i wanted. but that leaves time for bbq's, outings, ocf, etcetcetc

ok maybe just a short post. after all, it's may day! oh and the 1st day(finally) we got to do stuff on the cadavers...and only 2nd time in the anat room. formulin really smells like rum n raisin =)