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In Christ Alone
Brian Littrel

In Christ alone will I glory
Though I could pride myself in battles won
For I’ve been blessed beyond measure
And by His strength alone I’ll overcome
Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands
But those trophies could not equal to the grace by which I stand

In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope

Is Christ alone

In Christ alone do I glory
For only by His grace I am redeemed
For only His tender mercy
Could reach beyond my weakness to my need
And now I seek no greater honor in just to know Him more
And to count my gains but losses to the glory of my Lord

In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope

Is Christ Alone.

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we got our results back on thursday. and even though i did well, many others didn't. i saw them crying, frowning at their result slip through tears wondering what on earth went wrong, some had their friends around them, others were alone. and it hurt to see them like that, knowing that they wouldn't have any source of comfort, nothing that could give them a peace inside. they'd built up everything - their whole secondary school life for the o levels, studied like crazy after feeling the pressure of the supposed enormity that it plays in our life while setting themselves immovable goals that they must achieve or else..

or else what? the question with no answer. the consequences are far too dire to even imagine it possible, it simply cannot happen, can it, after all the work put in? it's not logical. you put in a certain amount of work, you'll get a certain result. it makes sense theoretically. but then life's not a theory. so what happens to the people who's minds fall apart when they don't do 'well'? nothing will really comfort them completely, having to settle for something 'less', having 'not made it' into a jc or the course that they wanted. would they recover? with having 'failed' would they have the drive to get past it?

don't get me wrong, i'm thankful, grateful for my 8. i havent stopped praising God even as i walk down the street. but sometimes you just have to stop and think about those who are lost, those who don't have God to bring them through their sadness.

emotions make actions happen.

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this is my 200th post according to the counter thingy on blogger. yeh.

anyway, had a really busy week last week but it was lots and lots of fun.. well the after school part was fun anyway. i had soccer on monday wednesday and friday, then piano ensemble on tuesday, then i went out with ethel on thursday :) feeling fit now. yaayyy. and i love soccer again :D

um tons has happened last week: apart from the really busy school stuff.. got 500 bucks from the edusave thingymajig on saturday so that was really awesome even though it was a very boring and timewasting ceremony :) went for a yummy japanese dinner after.. and, mel left for canada on sunday, we went to go see her off at the airport. got there really early so i went up to the viewing place and had some time alone to pray before meeting the others. we prayed for mel before she left, among her friends. she left the same day we did when we went to nz, just that it was 8 years ago

oh i also went for my first cell meeting! YAY finally :) so glad i joined rachel's cell, we're talking about faith, sort of in line with the sermons. it was sort of like the debriefs back in china - i really miss those actually. can't wait to have a reunion gathering thingy with them after cny.

this week's going to be busyish too - piano soon, then games day and possibly soccer tomorrow, thursday the o level results are coming out :S and on saturday there's a soccer tournament game thingy that we're playing against srjc.

jeli came to ny today!

mmf have to go back to school now. it's scorching outside. *mumbles*

yay i went for the piano ensemble thingy yesterday which is pretty cool so i'll be doing that on tues and soccer on mon wed and fri. HEH this is making up for my dismally pathetic or pathetically dismal cca record in secondary school but at least i'm doing something fun

trained for soccer in the muddy muddy field today so my ex school shoes are now ex white and more of a greyish brownish colour. i'm getting rather good at scrubbing mud off my things. but i'm soooo wearing my boots next time round. if i can find it. and my long socks too. crumbs.

going to see aly at anderson icecream tomorrow with ethel! yay :) hope i have enough money to eat though, after i pay for the tee and cake i'm not going to have much left.

hoping for an early night tonight, i can't figure out why i'm always getting to bed at 10.40ish. humbug. was extremely punctual today for assembly, the only time i stopped walking from the bus stop was at the assembly place.

i'm getting attached. shrikes

yay had an awesome game of soccer today, forgot how much i love it :D i was like tired the whole day but after the up and down the stairs jog thingy i was like more awake. probably has something to do with hannah's neurogenesis or endorphin stimulant or something but yeah it was like refreshing. (deflects intimidating gormless stare of sister with large shiny metal plate)

anyway so soccer's tons of fun and i'm soo joining it methinks as the main cca coz i found i really dont mind sweating for soccer. (deflects more stare)

OH well.

o level results in a weekish yay can't wait in a really weirded way but like yeaaaa waiting sucks but it's preparation time so

this was meant to be a long post but i'm being booted off.

so umm, umm, i saw shoes today and they are yellow and green and goes up to toddler sizes.

THERE. i did it.

sucks to your assmar.

orrriighty

school ended at like 11.30 for me today coz it was only econs and fizzix. felt as if i had plasticine or something on my eyelids today, could barely keep them open. the aircon in the lecture places didn't help that much either of course.

met jeli and went back to pl.. i dunno how i feel about it really, before i was really hyped up and psyched to go for a visit but when i was there it didn't really feel like i was going back home or anything. it was sort of like the pl people were there being pl people in their uniforms and canteen and laughing and giggling and we were over here not being pl people anymore, like wherever we walked there was like a radius of 2 metres around us. and plus all our teachers have like disappeared off the face of the earth - miss kay's gone awol, mrs b's gone to oz so that's like disappearing in a way, ms lia ng was missing and ms turlim was on mc. so it wasnt very friendlyish a-tall.

hmm. the thing i miss most about pl is the morning devotion

can't wait for sunday!

*yawns* cca fair tomorrow, getting up early-ish to meet the gang. then spending the rest of the day getting all the tutorials done. whoopdee. joined soccer and floorball and piano for cca explorationing -

now thinking: what on earth did i do that for?

->|smart move|<-

well then, i just realised i haven't blogged this year so this is going to be the first post. yay

so, right, quick update: watchnight service was very very awesome in a yes i mean awesome as awesome sort of way, joined a cell, been to a cluster meeting, aaaand. umm. oh yea, started school.

funny how the first thing that came to mind wasn't school. yeah, so orientation was yell-y and scream-y and noisy and bonding-y and everything orientations should be so yeah. umm nothing much more to say about it? but the people there are pretty funky and i'm not just saying it because i know they're going to read it ;) yay for og 23! there now i've said it

tomorrow's the end of the first week of school - the lectures have been quite fun, except for econs which is a little um, -- . yeah but i s'pose i just have to get used to it. my subject combination is so popular that they've made an abbreviation of it (as they do, being singaporeans and all) so physics, chem, maths, econs has become pcme. yup. nuff said.

ummm, maths is the best one so far coz i feel right at home, even though i've been going to the lit lectures coz it's like taking a cold shower after swimming in a warm pool - very refreshing. the main reason why i'm not doing lit is coz they're doing great expectations for h1. (does a hannah and *faints*) so no way am i going to even attempt to do it.

doing devotions with the purpose driven life, got a new Bible that's sooo pretty and wonderful (tecman's having 40% sale) and some other awesome books.

man i miss pl tons, going to visit tomorrow and on sat coz of the cca fair. yay! aaand plus i get to see jeli :)