Today Mao passed me her database of worship songs so that can prepare the PowerPoint slides for worship every week. She’ll be leaving from next week onwards, so she passed on her duty of preparing the slides to me. She won’t be teaching next year as well.

I was just thinking…

I remember getting to know her back when the both of us were still in secondary school. As for when it was exactly, I don’t remember. Probably during fellowship, since that was the time when I got to know more people. At that time, I wondered if it was ok to call her Mao (as in 猫)… somehow it seemed weird for me to call her that even though a lot of people did so? But I’m so used to calling her that now, rather than by her real name. I think I was once told of how that nickname came about, but I honestly can’t remember!

Later on we served together in the committee. After we “graduated” from fellowship we served together again, but this time round in Youth Sunday School. We’ve never been particularly close, but for some reason, even back then, she has always felt like an elder sister to me. I can’t explain why, but she’s just one of those people who matter to me. It’ll feel weird not seeing her around next year.

The same can be said for a lot of the brothers and sisters in church. Especially the few that have served together with me and watch me grow up. In their own way, they’ve been caring for me and guiding me along, and I’m really thankful for them. Things would be so different without them. As we grow up, I don’t see some of them that often anymore. Most are serving in different ministries, and some are now in other churches. But no matter what, these people will always be special to me. I’m lucky to have these elder brothers and sisters in church, and I really hope that one day, I can be that kind of person to the younger ones as well.

If you watch a lot of videos on YouTube (like I do), you’ll probably be happy about it.

Look at how gorgeous this is! It’s even better when you watch it on a larger size. Watching the trailer makes me want to rewatch the movie. (The title is 5 Centimeters Per Second, by the way.) Shows such as Air, Kanon and Clannad should really be watched under this sort of resolution to do the art justice.

Only the clips uploaded with the resolution of 1280×720 can be viewed under HD. Also, the clips take more time to load, and it lags a little on my computer. Newer computers shouldn’t have this problem I guess.

*Just spent 3 days continuously reading the Skip Beat! manga.*

It’s over, the final exam of my undergrad life. I’m taking a two-week break before I start on my FYP. Not particularly looking forward to it at the moment though. I need to go to school some time this week to get my access card form signed, but I feel too lazy to email my supervisor! I feel too lazy to make a trip down to school as well since I’m just going to spend like 15 minutes there, but I think I’d rather make that 2 hour trip (to and from school) that to get locked out of the lab area when I start my FYP.

It seems that certain JavaScripts are not loading properly for me these few days, and so I can’t read the mails sent to my hotmail account. Please send stuff to my gmail account instead! My internet connection seems pretty bad as well. It keeps getting disconnected from time to time. Sigh. It’s annoying! Hopefully it’ll return back to normal soon.

It’s 11.36am right now, and my first paper starts at 2.30pm. No one else in my NTU contact list is online. Everyone’s probably studying or getting ready to leave for school. So what I’m I doing here? I simply can’t bear to look at my Muscle Bio notes anymore. It’s not that I know my stuff well, but I think I will go crazy if I look at it some more. I’m sleepy, but I can’t possibly take a nap right now. I need to prepare lunch, pack my stuff and the head off to school. Can’t be late for the exams!

I’m so envious of people like Jimmy, who will be finishing their exams next Tuesday, since they only have 2 papers. 2! That’s so little! But since I had no interest in taking TCM nor Bioentrepreneurship, I’m stuck with 4 papers to write for this round of exams. I’m sure the exam period will pass quickly though! By next Friday, at this time, I’ll be going for my last paper. And coming home to crash in bed after that because I haven’t gotten enough sleep.

All the best to everyone taking (or are going to take) their exams!