On Eagles' Wings

This post has been way overdue. I know I have not blogged in a while. That's cos I have been pretty busy. Well, who isn't right? Anyway, I want to write about my experience in the 2 weekends that I deem precious and valuable to me in the areas of friendship and relationships, as well as preparing myself for my future career. On the 8-10th of January 2010, 20 of us in TESL Year 2 and 10 final-year seniors were shipped off (by force, for some of us) to Bougainvillea Resort, Port Dickson for a weekend of "brainstorming and creativity". There was no proper briefing at first, as to why I could not go home that weekend and had to be stuck in PD instead. Well. It turns out that, we were "chosen" to be the facilitators for a Language Camp, to be held in Muar, Johor the following weekend. The Language Camp was aimed at helping a few small schools in rural area Kundang Ulu in improving their English in fun ways by carrying out a module of activities geared...

I have a bad memory. Seriously. I do. I cannot remember a lot of things. Significant things. Important things. Big events that happened. What more the small details of my life so far? Which is why I always find it a challenge to write a summary of my life in a year, when I cannot even recall what I had for dinner last week (not that it's worth remembering). But I'll give it a try: I honestly find it difficult to say whether 2009 has been a good year, or a bad year for me. But to be safe, I will say that it naturally has had its ups and downs. Here are some random things from the year (not in chronological order): 1. I remember that I did well my last semester. My highest grade point average to date. It was hardly expected (cos I due to my "awesome" memory, I had no inclination of how well I did during the final examinations). But I thank God for having been with me. I realized that my pride often makes me forget He has anything to do with my achievements -...