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read between the lines
school attitude how is it that my school intranet has a kid showing the F-word sign on its main webpage? i log on to my school site and not only do i find it revamped, but i find the person who designed this obviously does not know the universal sign for the all-too-famous F word. like, what other world is he living in? what will the parents think when they see our site? ah well....i guess whoever put the picture up probably confused it with the Swan sign, a symbol of peace, which is just one finger short of the current expletive being signified in that picture. whatever, i'm not too affected.i cannot type much now because my brother is coming in and out of his room to blow his nose....he's got the flu too. see, this is what happens when you live with your family...if one suffers, the whole family suffers -- when it's contagious. bah. yes, i'm referring to the fact that, before i sat down and had that communal flu-bug-passing dinner with my family on sat, i was fine. i was eating out every day. and then, i thot, hey, it's my responsibility to make the effort to bond with my family even if we don't get along well most of the time, so why not start going on outings with them? by that time mom was having a sore throat and my bro was having the full symptoms of flu. after we came back from thrill-seeking rides i cud feel my throat getting sore already. anyway, long story short (i gotta go anyway cos it's been a tiring but satisfying week n i need the sleep to strengthen my immunity system), the sore throat progressed into a proper flu, n i was plagued by bouts of physical weakness and fatigue, coupled with the usual common cold symptoms, from then till now, but every single one of these days God has been my strength and i don't know how else i could've lasted this long if it wasn't so. was helping out my fellow crusaders the past 4 days straight (distributing our materials during matriculation enrolment)...today was the last day....and every single day, i don't know how, but God gave me energy and sustainence for the day even though i arrived feeling sick each day (except today....so i think i'm starting to recover....hooray!). for example, yesterday i developed a headache on the bus to sch....well ok i admit that it was my own doing....but thank god the headache left me by lunchtime, as i sat in the peace of our crusade room and folded and packed booklets. hahaha...yeah, so in a way i sorta "rested" like that...but after lunch i was able to move out...and i admit, today has got to be the most "moving out", out of all the 4 days i was here. but i'm glad i did it....it feels such a privilege to be able to help in God's kingdom. we got a whole lotta manpower help today in fact...more than any other days, so i wud say coverage was effective today. yup, we infiltrated and administered effectively on the battlefield...not just today, but all the other days as well....cos all i can say is, some of us, are very very good at our jobs of chasing ppl....hahaha. and no, i don't mean me....and yes, i mean it in a good way. God has been with us all the way....i can see how His hand has protected us these past 4 days. and praise be to god...i continually say, lest i inadvertently deflect some of that praise onto His creation or on circumstances. i've been tired...both mentally and physically....but never tired enough to say it wasn't worth it....becos every bit of it was, and i would'nt have it any other way....well maybe perhaps i wud've made myself work better if i did....but yeah, i knew this was a good distraction....as well as a good way to put into practice this: seek first His righteousness and His kingdom, and all these shall be added on to you. man, i feel like singing "seek ye first" now, hahaha. i mean, i can't totally say that i've put myself all out for God, and i say this with shame, that i am not yet willing to die for Christ, but i can say that i've felt God being more real to me thru doing things for Him. besides, the inevitable fellowship and bonding was fun....i got to noe a few crusaders better thru this teamwork / shared experience. and i got to make some new frens too with some malays who were helping out their cca too...it felt pretty comfortable conversing with them in Bahasa Melayu....it had the familiarity of my hometown in an "alien" country...if u noe what i mean. haha. |
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