What happened to the "MIA-me" in July?
Friday, Aug. 02, 2002 - 10:01 p.m.
Dearie Diary,
I had not updated you for a MONTH... I can't believe it. I guess I am busier when I am studying than when I am working. The reasons for MIA (missing in action) are studies and doing part time work. REALLY nothing else just in case you thought that I found a boyfriend, thus neglecting the diary. So I guess this entry will be MAJOR things that had happened to me.
<<1 to 7 July 2002>>
As I wrote previously, I started schooling in SP. I got new friends. I found a GREAT friend among them! She is Pretty. No, I don't mean that she IS pretty (though she is really pretty) but I mean I called her "Pretty". I think I confused you. Okay, I should put it this way... I found a BEAUTIFUL looking girl whose name is Pretty. What unique name she had!
ALL the teachers remembered her after taking the attendance once. There are these 2 teachers that did something to her due to her name... Nope, they didn't do anything BAD to her. Neither did they tread her exceptionally well. I shall tell you and you get what I mean.
The first teacher was Mr Ken Kwan. He is my Statistics tutor. He reads, “Pretty?” when he first took the attendance. He then said, “Pretty, Pretty, Pretty” in a rhythmic way that I thought was funny. When Pretty raise her hand, he said, “Very pretty indeed.” Ha ha... but I don’t see it that he was tensing her. I thought he seems like an approachable teacher.
Anyway, I think I was right because my personal tutor (Ms June Chua) told us 2 days ago (Wed) that he is an EXTREMELY helpful tutor. She also mentioned that he likes to crack a lot of jokes. When the class told her that he doesn’t crack a lot of joke, she just said, "Maybe he changed due to student's feedback that he cracks too much jokes?" I guess it does not matter that much to me since he taught well (at least he make me understand Statistics). Ms Chua taught Accounts very very well. She is simply the BEST!
The other teacher who 'did' something to Pretty was Mrs Chong. She is teaching a language module. After finishing taking attendance, she asked, "Were you the one on Perfect 10 (an English radio station in Singapore) recently?"
Pretty shook her head and said, "Not very recent."
"I thought it was a few weeks ago.” Mrs Chong said in reply.
"Oh ya." Pretty said after thinking for a while. I then whispered to Pretty, "Are you a DJ? Why are you on the radio?" lol... that is what I thought at first. It happens that Pretty was making a dedication on Perfect 10. Her name Pretty was so special that Mrs Chong remembered so well.
Putting aside Pretty's unique name, she is really a GREAT friend. She is understanding and never leave me alone in school. She is the first CLOSE Indian friend I had. That is not because I am racist. It just happened that I am usually in an all-Chinese class in my 10 years of education. I prayed that this friendship we shared will last forever because I believed that it is a BLESSING from God.
<<19 July 2002>>
It was a Friday (not the thirteen though) and was one of my classmate (Simeon)'s birthday. It was not suppose to be an ‘unlucky’ day but I had fever in the morning and I lost my mobile phone in the afternoon in school! I did not know why I was sick but I decided to go to school since my fever was not serious. I was waiting for Pretty before our afternoon classes. While waiting for her, I was re-packing my bag as it was a bit messy. The mess was due to the extra set of clothes I stuffed into my bag in a rush. I had arranged with another friend, Angeline on Monday to go jogging after our class. Even though I was sick, I thought I may feel better in the evening to jog. Indeed I did feel better when I was waiting for Pretty.
When Pretty arrived, we went to Food court 6 as Pretty wants to get a drink. After that, we went to the classroom for our statistics tutorial. I then started looking for my mobile phone to confirm that it was in the silent mode. I could not find it. I immediately called my number. It was my voice message and that meant that my phone was not switched on. I knew that my phone is gone forever. If the person who picked up my phone had the intention to return to me, he or she will most probably wait for me to call back. The fact that it is off simply implies that the person is not intending to be honest.
I was really sad. I felt lost but surprisingly I was not angry with the person. I remembered that on 8th March 2002 (according to my previous diary entry, A level results & S$20 on March 16) I was angry and almost cursed when I thought I lose S$20. This time, there was not anger in me. Perhaps it is the work of God in me that removes the anger. I am usually very angry with myself or the person who did not return me the things I misplaced. This time I was not. I did not even pray for my mobile phone to be found unlike what I did when I lost my card holder. I guess that God knows I would not get it back thus I did not remember to get ‘assurance’ from God. If you do not understand what my previous sentence means, please read this diary entry.
Enough is said about my feelings, I shall proceed to tell you what I did after calling my number. I ran down to where I and Pretty arrange to meet. I only saw a group of girls there. They were sitting where I sat just now. I looked around that area and asked them if they saw my phone. They said, “No”. They did not bother to stand up and let me try finding it. They looked under the seat only after I turn around to return to class. They also sounded sarcastic while looking under the seat. Well, I actually suspect that they took it but I maybe oversensitive. I did not accuse them since I did not have evidence.
I did not think that I lost my phone in the food court 6 since I did not open my bag there. Thus, I went back to class instead of to the food court. After my statistic tutorial, I call Starhub (my mobile service provider) and block that SIM card. I thank God that I did not have to pay any money to get a replacement SIM card since it was the first time I lost my phone. But I have to go and collect within 30 days otherwise they will consider me as canceling the number. All I need to do is to get a new phone. THANK GOD! I think I saved about $30.
<<28 July 2002>>
I brought a new mobile phone. It is the cool Nokia 3315. You know why I thought is cool? Well, firstly it is ALMOST the same as my previous phone Nokia 3310. That means I did not need to readapt to the new phone. Secondly, the message tone can be personalised. I can compose any tune. That was great as most Nokia phone that I know of did not have this feature. Moreover, this feature is something that I hope my previous phone had. Finally, it had a picture editor function. I had recent designed one picture that had a cross and it says “Smile, Jesus loves U!” I send that to many of my Christian friends. I hope one day, I can send them to many of my non-believer friends too. That will be when they received Christ.
<<30 July 2002>>
I received 2 special SMS that I thought I will pen down here so that I can remember them forever. lol… just like what Andrew did in this diary entry of his... He is the one who inspire me to start writing in Diaryland, remember? Back to the SMS thingy… The first one is from a friend of mine that have some trouble sleeping well. She wrote, “dear cell, jus want to share one thanksgiving tat the Lord has been blessing me wif gd sleep as I fast and pray! Its gd to depend on the Lord u hve a blessed day”. I received at 08:07:43. This SMS reminds me of God’s power to heal and bless.
The other SMS was send from this new classmate of mine. Her birthday was on 30 July. I send her a picture of a cake to wish her happy birthday and alpologise for not being able to make it for the short celebration before lesson start. I was late and thus missed the small party. She reply me with this SMS which I thought was sweet. “Oh.. Darling… It’s ok… Thanx anyway.. Very happy today.. Feel fortunate to be in this class.. Love you guys always..” Ha ha… At first I did not saw who send this message and was a bit shocked because of the word “Darling”. lol… I thought this message (received at 17:59:39) from her sent was sweet. Thus I decided to record it here.
<<31 July 2002>>
Another special SMS I received from a fellow sister in Christ who always had been encouraging me though we did not know each other for a long time. She was the one who gave me the note on June 16 when I first served in Celebration Kids (CK). I wrote about that in here.
Her SMS is “Today I felt God telling me that Jesus is intercessing for me every min of the day. I feel loved and treasured. Wanna share this love with my dear sisters...”. Time received is 10:15:36.
<<1 to 31 July 2002>>
My church is under the Love Singapore network. The network is having the 40 day fast to pray and fast for Singapore before National Day (9th August). I joined in last year but was not very successful in fasting. This year I did it better with God’s help. But I feel that I did not feel much break through in my relationship with God. For the finally 1 week of fasting, I pray for that. I prayed for a lot of things, for Singapore, for the salvation of my families, close friends and relatives, for my cell members etc. But I realise I did not be my spiritual growth in my prayer list. Maybe that is why the break though was not felt by me.
I did some changes in my homepage. I changed a bit on the layout and add in a page that share interesting things that I received thru’ emails. They are jokes, picture, articles etc in that page.
I think that is all for now. I hope to write in soon when I am free.
-Shu Ling-
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