Friday, March 21, 2008
Thank God for bring all of us through this busy busy week! We were all practically buzzing around tutorials, lecture notes and tests plus CCAs this whole week through, even getting the occasionally swipe by the thick stack of Proteins 1 to 3 notes! Argh! haha. It was our first week of tutorials plus lectures so naturally it became more hectic then the lecture only timetable we has before March Hols.
So Chem test did a grand opening for us on Monday. It was ok generally, 4 questions...only that I did what i feared would happen. Made a careless mistake and couldn't get the equation right. So question 4's gone! Boo. hope I'll get marks for the rest. Monday night was difficult too. Stayed up to write GSC compo cos I didn't do it during the break. Luckily I didn't need to wake up early the next day cos...
Tuesday was Sub-ele ballet exam! Thankfully, my headache was gone by then but anxiousness was creeping in. A little bit about how my exam went over here...There were 4 pple in my group including me, which was a good thing cos initially I thought it was pairs. But the thing was that the other 3 girls were from the same school, I was the only one from my dance school in my group. yup, it may not seem like a big deal. But they were really good and a whole lot better than me. Plus, the exercises we did were different cos we were taught a different way... It was kind of distressing. Their pointe work is really good. Presentation way better than mine. and there was this girl who really caught my eye cos when she dance or just did the barre and centre exercises, she just seemed to exude so much grace, confidence and poise!
And i thought that I'd probably over-exerted myself on Sunday cos I went for like 3 clasess...by the time pointe came I was tired already...couldn't hold myself up properly. My beats and 'battus' were quite bad too. Sigh.I really need to work on them. Oh ya, I did reverence at the end in the opposite direction from the rest of the three girls, cos I was taught to start with right and chasse right first but they were taught the opposite! AHHH!
Ok but despite all this, Mrs Shanks the examiner was nice! :D She gave us a lot of breaks, partly because she needed time to rite down comments for us. And she went through unseen twice with all of us before we did the actual thing! So nice of her!
I'm just glad now the exam's over and I can relax just a little! Hope i manage to find another good ballet teacher soon cos I can't make it formy previous teacher's lessons anymore if I want to stay in dance cca. CCA practices are on saturdays as well. Pray
that she has another class!
continuing, after ballet exam, I went back school for GSC then Pw lect then for Jap class so it was a long long day. I was deadbeat. I even tried to stay up till 1am to do GP essay...but din't manage to finish it anyway. Cos I only started researching then. Ah, last minute work! (Must stop this!)
Ok, so by wednesday morning I was feeling quite down in the pits cos I know I has to hand in GP that day and also cos like everybody else expected me to finish it. (I was living up the pple's expectations and not God's...)I was caring more about not finishing my work then praying and relying on God for strength to bring me through it all.
Thank God for morning worship, really. Cos I went for worship that morning feeling all gloomy and down. The rainy weather just added Gloom points to my glooma and doom scale. But I came out feelling reassured. Especially after Brenda tried to encourage me. And truly by God's grace the day went on quite ok! I just needed to trust in Him. (why didn't I do it at first?)
Today came. First bio test. Loads of info to stuff in our heads; from phospholipid bilayer to glycosidic bonds to HIV Protease and Collagen, I prayed and trusted this time...and though today was truly a long long day, He brought me safely through! I even managed to attend 30mins of Jap class! haha. :D
So all in all, great and many thanks to our ever-faithful God! Lord, I really thank you.
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Good friday's tmr. I pray that as I get through the day I'll be able to really reflect on His death upon the cross. it's because He died that today we can all claim victory over evil in His Name and can declare that we're more than conquerors through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Lord, please also watch over Life Con dance prac tmr. I pray that it'll be a fruitful one. And that may You always remind us of our true purpose in Life Concert whenever we feel tempted to fall away and give in to all the 'hectic-ness' around. Lord please always be with us.
Thankfully,
Child of the Most High,
Your girl,
Tamlyn
changeme.
12:25 AM
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By God's wonderful grace. it's been almost two weeks since I got posted to SAJC. And I'm still counting all my blessings! God has truly blessed me through and through. He granted me a place here in His school. Gave my great classmates, with Brenda and Tessa my PAE classmate inside. :D Morning worship sessions so I can start my days right with God. A great opportunity: dancing in Life Concert -using something God has blessed me with to serve Him back.
Lectures have since started. Tutorials are starting soon. Tests begin next week. There's CCA. Jap class. Life concert dance pracs. And ballet exam next tuesday. It's going to be busy busy days ahead. Am I going to procrastinate? To just give in when the going gets tough? Do I just say' yeah, i'm going to trust in God, or to really really mean it. Handing my all to Him and make that deliberate, determined decision to place all my cares and worries in His Almighty Hands.
It's going to be a challenge, I know. But i want to charge full steam ahead with God!!
changeme.
7:50 PM