22 September, 2007

*462 - orientation photos

The past week was pretty hectic, sleeping at 4 am and 5 am on two days, and waking up at 7 am the subsequent days ... There have been a million assignments due, and I'm in the midst of the prelim season: one last week, one this week, two the week after. I think.

I'm really really thankful that God has brought me through all of that in such an awesome way. Giving me strength for each day and putting amazing friends in my life and blessing me in every way possible.

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 6:26


It's incredible the way He just drops things into my lap. It's not that I don't have to work to get things done. But the thing is, doing work doesn't feel like toiling and labouring to me, because He really helps me to enjoy my work and study smart without all the stress. Even staying up till 4 am rushing my business computing assignment out was super fun because I created the cutest powerpoint presentation I've ever created in my life, and because I had great company (thanks Henry!) and a great calzone which we ordered in at something like 2 am hahaha.

What I've been doing apart from studying: a lot of completely random things like lying on Libe Slope watching the starless cloudy skies, online shopping to a horrifying degree, frolicking through cornfields, dancing three times a week, spending hours (and many many moneys) in a quaint little bead shop making jewellery, learning to fold extremely complex origami (a rose that took me one hour!!), going shopping at Woodbury from 8 am to 9 pm (ok, so that included 3.5 hours drive there and back), skyping with Justin :D, etc etc etc. Life's been good. And thank God for all the friends who do these random things with me. (:

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Soooo, one month after I took the photos, I finally decide to put them up! Here are some photos from orientation week, hahaha.

McGraw tower
(I need to go up to the top and watch the chimes master at work one day!!!)


This is how people here advertise.
Instead of posters, they draw on the ground with chalk.


Nicholas looking at a feather boa at a dump-and-run sale!


The lovely view outside my window.
(Hahaha ok that was just orientation week, it's just normal bins now.)


Tweet


Agape! The church I'm settling down in (:


Picnic on the grass


Zhiwei and Darren


GIANT pizza party!!!


A few of my favourite people :D


Making sushi!


Ju and Ketat and sushi.
Look at the joy in my eyes.


WILL YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT BOWL IN FRONT OF (HAPPY) SIXIANG??
What a gross-looking pile of, um, icecream.


My room!


Trying to show how big the empty space in my room is haha.