rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
I am Yours
testimonies
Saturday, March 20, 2010
-1:00 PM
NEWSFLASH! Laura is finally done with 30 hours of CIP! Wheeeeeee~
Okay there’s still Responsibility in the Church, Responsibility in the Community, Responsibility in the World and maybe one other badge to be done! D:
I shall finish it today (and my exams die… XD)
AHHHHHHHHh buhbye
Saturday, March 13, 2010
-11:22 PM
Appeals to generosity. I’ve been doing a fair bit of that lately, as a result of my 2 month long quest to collect 30 CIP hours to get my pioneer pin and hopefully the pioneer brigadier brooch as well. It’s crazy busy, what with PB and exams both hot on my heels. Things will get better. No, they must(:
Anyway, I’ve learnt several things from these flag days and all:
1. Singaporeans are nicer than you think
- I was collecting in the rain and so many people were rejecting me (D:) but I met a bunch of Clarins girls and some really friendly passers-by who were so nice and encouraging! :D
2. People don’t donate mainly because:
- They lack the confidence to (I’m serious!)
- They’re lazy to dig out their wallets from the recesses of their bags
- They’re not really well-off
- They’ve already donated
3. More people donate than you would expect (especially on your first flag day)
4. Asking the right people is important, but don’t rule people out because of how they look. People often surprise you!
- People who fall under the “just trying my luck” category can just suddenly flash this wide toothy grin at you and reach for their wallets. Often enough!
- People who are conventionally regarded as generous donors (e.g. Caucasians) sometimes turn out to be not-very-generous donors. Serious. With experience, I’ve learnt: Don’t ask Caucasians unless they look at you first. To avoid sounding racist, I acknowledge that many of these people are tourists; if I were a tourist, I would donate to my own people first because that’s my responsibility. Plus this flag day thing might be something they’re not used to, hence the attitude. To their credit, I’ve met several generous Caucasians before too (usually those who look at your expectantly to ask for donations!)
- On that note, don’t let ANYONE who gives you an expectant look pass you by! Very often, these people are just waiting for you to ask(:
5. Guys are such good actors in front of their girlfriends
- A guy walking on his own is nearly half as likely to donate as one walking with his girlfriend
- Okay, but men in general have become increasingly generous over the years. Yay.
6. There are only 2 kinds of parents in the world (okay this might be mildly offensive):
- Those who inculcate the right values in their children
- Those who teach their kids all the wrong things
7. It’s easy to tell who carries fake branded bags (again, mildly offensive)
- The ones with real ones donate (It’ true! Especially the ladies with big sunglasses. Serious.)
- The ones with fake ones don’t
I’m kinda out of ideas for now. But Vivian and I also counted money today. So fun man! :D It’s quite funny there was this tin with LOTS of notes. Like seriously, quite few coins in it! But stuffed with notes. So we concluded that it must have been some shuai4ge1 or mei2nu3.
Anyway, gotta chiongz. Leading cell tomorrow and gotta clear all PB work by board camp or risk getting slaughtered during camp! D: *shudders*
Doing volunteer work is pretty fun actually; thinking about doing some after EOYs :D But for now I still need 8 more hours!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
-9:05 PM
I realise something. When I’m blogging, usually it means I’m TAWGing or at least thinking about it. When I’m not blogging shows that I don’t want to think about it at all and just want to distract myself with a bunch of meaningless things.
I NEED TO TAWG I NEED TO WORK UGH LAURA YOUR HOLS ARE JUST THIS SHORT AND MORE THAN HALF IS GONE! BUCK UP!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
-8:53 PM
I feel it. Something’s going to happen.
I wrote a pretty emo thing today in class because somehow I had some time during class. Maybe I finished the worksheet or something; don’t remember. Was going to type it in, but can’t find it. Hope no one found it or something.
My voice exam’s tomorrow. I’m scared.
I’m scared, not just for my voice exam.
I’m scared. To bits.
