Whispering Hearts Family Service Centre

Had my first session with the youth juz now...

Paired with this other guy to "take" 3 youth, but apparently they were the more talkative ones, and we ended up chit-chatting instead of giving tuition... Overall was not too bad, could still communicate with lower sec ppl, lolx... Church muz have been a gd place for me to get some exp :)

Anyway there's an upcoming WSC Orientation Camp on the Wed of the recess week, and most prob I'll be going... Need to noe more ppl sia! :D

Tuition schedules are finally settled, more or less :) Wed and Sat are my tuition days for now, and with 4 students I reli do hope tat I have time to study my own stuff, lolx...

Time reli flies; b4 I know it, I hav been in the Uni system for one month already!! Generally still ok, but I need to start reading the textbooks tat I've bought, if not they will be rotting for another few weeks, which is definitely NOT gd! So far I managed to attempt every tutorial b4 I go for the actual lesson, but take note that its 'ATTEMPT' and not 'COMPLETE', lolx... Econs Lectures are getting more interesting, as we learn abt how individuals make decisions as well as how governments can respond by playing a part in the nation's economy... But seriously cramming 2 yrs of JC stuff into 13 weeks doesnt sound tat appealing to me... My frens who have taken Econs b4 are already telling me tat we are beginning to learn stuff tat they dont in JC =/ Math is ok except tat the proving still bugs me... Calculus is ok la, at least its something tat I've seen b4 :) Linguistics I reli need to read the book, if not think will lag until v jialat, haha...

So far, thank God tat I hav made quite a few frenz as well :) Slightly more than 10 I think, and they are not juz hi-bye frenz, but rather those that I can go lecture with and have meals together with one... I realise tat its reli quite impt to hav frens in Uni, otherwise it can be REALLY lonely... Found a few frenz (4 to be exact) who hav exactly the same timetable as me! :D So cool rite? Then I've oso been exploring the whole sch for more gd food, lolx... Juz found out today tat there's a place to eat supper which is v near sch, maybe can go there see one of these days :)

*I hope tat I'm finally adjusting to Uni life! :D

Science + Art = ?

Prof. Andrew is gd! Today we used the precise definition of limits to prove harder limits... Of course, some of us had difficulty understanding the proofs, and were puzzled... Well, I went down to ask him stuff at the end of the lecture for the first time, and I muz say he's gd la! :D

Some of his quotes:

"Well, if I'm teaching what you already know, then what's the point of coming here?"

"In University u don't just keep differentiating more and more complex functions, u'll need to learn how to understand calculus at a deeper level."

"Engineers don't get this stuff; they take yrs to accept it."

LOL I'm so proud to be a Math Major!

Linguistics lecture today was oso quite interesting... Began studying the structure of language; today in particular we started with the morphology of language... The technical part of this module is starting to show itself, but to a certain extent its quite intriguing :) We studied how words are formed and learnt abit of Swahili (some African language) and Italian... Check out the following:

Gibberish?

It actually means "Someone did not find a completely suitable resting place."

So cool rite!?! :)

*I love Tuesdays, they are a prefect mix of science and art, which makes life all the more interesting and meaningful, lolx...

Fireworks! =)

Juz came back from supper at Bedok Market... Its been a long time ever since I ate there liao... 想当年那里是我的地盘 :) Went out with my aunt, uncle and my 2 cousins to the Singapore Fireworks Celebration '08 at the Marina Bay Floating Gallery... The fireworks were nice but the light drizzle was abit irritating, and the tons of ppl squeezing ard wasnt exactly wad I asked for when I agreed to go, lolx... Nonetheless, it was a well-spent Sat eveining-till-night :D Took quite a few pics of various stuff tat I saw along the way after going in... There were many diff stalls showcasing artworks, and I managed to capture some of the nicer ones...

Cool logo!

I wanna float ard too! :D

Playing with fire...

FOOD!!

Soooo cute! :)

Creative Artworks

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, lol :D

Unique Shirts

Moon-like object

Night view

Floating Field?

The following are some pics of the fireworks I took, but my phone quality not v gd, and definitely cant match the "live telecast", lolx...

My last photo...

The 2nd Miracle!

I'm in! :)

I'm in! :)

I'm in! :)

In case u're wondering wad's happening, I juz got into WSC's RSP FOC (Welfare Services Club - Regular Service Project - Friends Of Children), which to me is another miracle given to me by God! The interviews were on Mon and Tues from 6.30pm to 10.30pm, and I went down on the 2nd day... Was thinking of joining FOC but my kiasu-ism (contributed by some of my frens who already went for the interview, cos they were saying better try out for more than one portfolio in case you dont get in) let me to go for the Youth interview as well... If u read my previous post, u'll know tat the Youth interview didnt go too well and I was sortof pinning all my hopes on FOC...

Well... Guess wad? At 12.56am last night, or rather early today morning, I received an sms telling me tat I'm accepted into both and tat I will hav to choose one! Can u imagine tat? I can only say its by God's grace tat it can happen, esp since there are like hundreds of ppl going for the various interviews during tat 2 days... Praise God yea!! :) I'm so glad tat I'm gonna be a part of WSC, and tat I'll be reaching out to children on a weekly basis soon! :D

My pride & joy! Go WSC! :)

I shall 顺便 publicise for my sch as well...Found the following cool logo somewhere in EdveNTUre :)

SPMS rox! :)

Well tat's all for now, still on Cloud 9 after knowing tat I'm accepted into 2 portfolios and had to choose one, lolx... Hope to update soon on my first meeting with the kids! :D

WSC Interview

Juz in case u didnt noe by now, Singapore got a silver medal for table tennis!!! :D Was watching the Gold Medal Doubles Match between China & Singapore after I came back from Suntec on Sunday... We lost the first 3 sets and got ourselves a Silver... 11-8, 11-5 and 11-6 was the scores if I rmbr correctly... Well, at least we got ourselves something after 48 yrs :) After tat was the singles badminton match but between this Malaysia guy and the World No. 1 from China... Muz give the Malaysian guy credit for his efforts, although in the end I think he still lost (didnt manage to finish watching though cos I went back to Hall)... Anyway it was nice being able to watch the Olympics for once and not juz glancing thru every TV set I see along the way... Managed to watch abit of basketball on the bus ride too, and it was reli nice watching them play at such a level... Onli know tat in the end Spain won 98-50 and went on to the Semi-finals... Hopefully I get to watch more badminton, haha! :D

Well, I juz came back from WSC Interview... Went for both RSP FOC (Friends Of Children) and RSP Youth... The Children one was still ok, basically was like chatting with the two ladies, lolx... Managed to ans all their qns and after tat when they asked if I hav any qns I sortof asked them how's their exp. so far after one yr in RSP FOC, like I'm interviewing them back, haha :) Well it was a nice session tat I had with them :)

As for the Youth one, I think CMI liao... Everything was still ok until they gave me a scenerio and asked for my opinion... "If a youth u knew was planning a fight in sch, what would you do?" I hesitated for awhile and the gist of wad I said was tat I would find out wad happened, then try my best to persuade him and stop him, but if he reli wanted to still carry out his plan then there's nothing tat I can do (I think this is the part tat I so-called "answered wrongly") When I thought abt it after I left I knew I was a goner, lolx... I mean, I actually told them that there's a possibility that I'll let him carry on with the fight? Although there's a chance that it can actually happen, but I suppose tat's not wad they wanna hear :( Perhaps I shd hav said tat I'll lure the guy away or try to delay him... Something along those lines bah... Well, in any case, I trust tat God will place me somewhere where I can make a difference... In the first place my focus was on chidren anyway, juz went for the youth interview cos everyone's saying to try for more than one in case u r not accepted... I'll noe the results on Friday, hopefully its good news!

Ok juz a few more updates, ytd at Math tutorial I got to know 2 China guys who's super pro in Math la... One of them can proof the following in 5 lines!!


So I hav decided that I shall bug him if there's anything I dunno, haha... For them they've already learnt proofs in more detail than us back in China, so its like an appetizer to them... The other guy was quite nice too, sat with him during C++ Lecture :)

Then today we learnt the precise definition of limits as well! I shall share with you the following formula, cos if u know and understand it u can become a Mathematician liao! :D



Btw, Econs is getting interesting as well, although I'm juz at Price Elasticity in Micro and GDP/GNP in Macro... Reli hav to start reading my textbks so tat I'll get a better understanding of this new subject in my life :) I realised tat Econs is reli a very practical subject, and many of the concepts can be applied into daily life... C++ is oso getting more fun as we learn to write more complicated programs, and I can oso start to appreciate the power of such a programming language... As for Linguistics, tutorials are more like discussion sessions, in which most of the qns hav no right or wrong answers, cos it reli depends on ur perspective in some ways and how u justify urself... In a way its similar to discussing GP Essay Qns, lolx... I guess it can be gd or bad, depending on how u see it... The gd thing is tat even if u did not do ur tutorial beforehand, u can like juz "smoke" ur way thru and juz gif some explanation, but the bad thing is prob during exams the way ur scripts are marked will be quite subjective, at least for the essay qns...

Well, in general I suppose u can say tat I'm still coping, lolx... At least so far I managed to prepare every tutorial b4 the tutor goes thru the qns :) Juz hope tat I'll get into WSC, and then I can reli look forward to a fun and meaningful exp. in NTU! :D