Merry Christmas!

So it’s that time of the year once more. :) I’m not sure who reads my blog anymore, because it’s been rather stagnant in terms of comments and blog posts. But to whoever does chance upon this entry: Merry Christmas and may you have a blessed New Year.

Just to share, this is my prayer for Christmas:

What can I give him,

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

I would bring a lamb,

If I were a wise man

I would do my part,

Yet what I can I give Him —

Give my heart.

2 Weeks

These past 2 weeks of crazy debates are over. Phew. My brain is dead. But one thing I did learn from SDOs: why on earth would Obama propose to engage with Iran with NO preconditions?! But aside from that, it was a fun weekend, ranging from calling for 36 extra large pizzas to setting up the moot court, to walking from Botanic Gardens to Hwa Chong, dinner at Al-Ameen and ice cream at Frutta La Viva.

Results come out tomorrow. But I’m not too worried, because in the light of life in general and what could and does happen, one realises how insignificant exam results really are.

I need to catch up on my sleep.

10 Days

I’ve been away at debate competitions for the past 9 days.

It’s been a time of exhilarating debates, feeling the rush of winning or being placed as a chair of debates (starting off being an anonymous panelist).

And yet, there’s been disappointments, like not breaking as a debater and later, adjudicator.

I’ve realised that there tends to be a low for every high. Somehow, when you start the day on 7 points, you can end up losing the two last crucial debates, so you don’t break. Or you get put as a chair by the Chief Adjudicator for two rounds, then you find out that evening that you didn’t break as an adjudicator.

But I can’t say that I haven’t learnt, it’s just that it seems a bit ’sian’ that one has to learn from failures.

I’ve gotten to know a lot of the debaters and have also gotten to know more about myself.

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I need to get back on track with a couple of relationships. I’ve been neglecting them too much. Sigh.

And as Liz says, “if there is one thing i know of love, it is quite simply that it requires every ounce of effort
we’ve got to give. loving another is the hardest thing in the world to do, and without sheer grit and perseverance, all the words fail to hold people together. we hold on, and we inch forward every step of the way. love is hard, it’s painful and real and it drains us. that is the truest representation of love to give. if it didn’t exhaust us so completely, i don’t think we’d have half a mind to think of it as a precious thing at all.”

Thank you :)

Today was a wonderful day. From the Four Christmases to shopping for dresses and a bikini (!!!), from lunch to discussions about church, from cycling to yummy satay and chicken wings, from singing silly punk rock songs to dodging raindrops.

Thank you for a great day. :)

Love you.

Thank you for being there during the hard times too. :)