Pause:Rewind

Gee that was fast. 2oo8 whizzed by. Did you see it?

As I reflect back on this year, God has been good. It always seems that He is good, and it is a true fact! He is good. Despite the trials, the problems, the worries, the calamities, the uphill challenges and daunting tasks, God reigns above them all and I can see that He is still good.

 

So here's a lineup of events that I can dig up and recall

hmm...not chronogically arranged though

*rewinds to January 2oo8*

hmmm...I seemed to have forgotten entirely what happenned early this year

let's see..

2nd year (4th sem)  same ol same ol - think, conceptualize, research, present, crit, draw, flair

CNY - food, food, food, money, food, food, food, family, food, food, food+ dinners, dinners, dinners, dinners, relatives from afar...

farewell: xiao qing left for ONE Academy

went to penang for architectural camp and

 won competition

intro camp for juniors

visited TPM and Lim Kok Wing

Passion Conference

Visited grandma place in No.9 Land

went with lecturers to Kuantan resort (yea that's him KOed)

eating Pearly's cooking (thank God i'm still alive)

Asia Conference

birthdays, birthdays, birthdays, my birthday, birthdays, birthdays (can't find pictures)

hari raya (cant find 2oo8 pics only 2oo7)

seeing old friends from eons ago (Jia Qi, Rehn, Derrick, Eric, etc)

 Architectural trip to Singapore

scratches, dents, marks, bumps, dents again (lost count)
(not my fault...only 3 of them are)

did measured drawings (was troublesome)

move to new studio

watch badminton LIVE

amazing Christmas season (photos can't obtain yet)

worked in a firm (got my very first pay! woohoo!)

I can hardly remember all the things I've been through throughout the year, only by looking back at photos then i recall them and it was nice to remember them back. Seems like it was soo long ago..despite the changes and hard times this year especially in the area of education, God has been gracious to help me pull through and I'm thankful for that...another highlight of this year was that i turned 20...two decades old...a hallmark in my life; I recalled last time when I turned a decade old (10 yrs) I proudly told my family I was the same age as Nobita in Doraemon (swt..yeah i know..swt) For what reason I have no idea, but now turning 20 seems to be a milestone that has marked a lot of exciting events in my life over this two decades and there's so much more ahead. I look forward with anticipation to what 2oo9 has in store and what God's gonna do this year around. Surely His everlasting goodness will prevail.

"Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins.

 If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out 

and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour

new wine into new wineskins, 

and both are preserved."

Matthew 9:17

May we continue to let God's spirit 'pour' fresh anew into our lives and may we be renewed daily to contain it.

~Happy New Year 2oo9~