some reflection

i'm back home from an exhausting 6 days! Can't believe that i didn't even go back home after i left my house on Saturday morning at 7. Ever since then its been mostly shuttling between different places and making Bedok Camp my resting place for the nights.

came back from the camp (y fc). you know i look back at my days back then when i was a youth among others like Chris, Gerald, Ben, Geok etc, and we'll be student participants for these camps and for other events and activities. I'm thankful, for the good guidance that God has provided me through our group leaders or mentors. You know the group leaders will sit down with me and talk, and they'll always dispense godly advice.

So now moving on years later when i'm no longer a student (i miss those careless days), when i'm a group leader in the camp, i found myself sitting down with individuals at the end of the day and talking through with them what they'd learnt, and also from what i'd observed about them. i found myself being a dispenser of godly advice, and to challenge and provoke them to change their ways to please God. I found myself praying for them, and helping them to see which areas in their lives need some alteration, and working through with them how they may mature from something they've learnt thats new to them which had sprouted out of the camp activities, (e,g, approaching strangers, good character like discipline)

So i thank God for providing me with someone in my younger days to always ensure that i won't deviate far away from the truth. Its really important to be with Christians everytime (in those days, i'll meet that 'someone' most saturdays.) who you know that can look out whether you're on the correct path. When after a week in school when you've maybe skewed a little because of all that the outside world including peers that may influence you, that 'someone' can nudge and influence you back to the right track. So its really important to stick with the right group of friends.(but thats not saying that we ignore all our other friends)

now whats up next. 2 days of rest. i hope to catch up with a few students who i havent met for some time.
saturday: another guard duty

oh yes. I've got myself an IPod nano! at a great great steal of $40. haha.. my good friend bought the newest version of IPod for himself in Australia and he sold me the one that he'd been using. I dont really listen to music or need/want an IPod, but getting one will make my lengthy bus rides to and fro camp more bearable. He's sold it to me with all his songs inside, not a lot, mostly John Mayer. I plugged it into the computer speaker at the office yesterday and i kinda like his music.

I missed High School Musical sadly. Whatever.
I've been enjoying reading the 2 books which i've borrowed from my friends when we were in Australia. I'm halfway into the 2nd book now.
& watching Million Dollar Baby made my heart tear. Its so heart-wrenching. Its one of the 3 DVDs which i've purchased in Australia.

Vin