events of the past few weeks

Its been a while since i posted anything. Mostly due to the lack of time available. And time is still limited. Even as i'm smashing my way through my keyboard typing words and sentences that form in my head-occasionally stopping and deleting it cos it doesnt make no sense- the clock is ticking. Sometimes i wished that there were 30 hours to a day, then i could spent half of it cathching up on badly needed sleep, as i'm typing its been 18 hours(!!!) since i woke up this morning and had any rest at all, coupled with the lack of sleep that has been accumuated over the past week. And they say you're supposed to chill out on sundays.
So anyways the week has been hectic. I had a short sense of elation when i finished my 3 assignments(Finanacial and Investment Math, Statistics and Actuarial Methods-notice that they are ALL MATH!) only the find out the very next day we had a new MATH coursework to do. And also another Economics coursework (this subject continues to haunt me) due at the end of this month, not to mention an economics test in 10 days time, plus the fact that its already week 8 of the term(out of 10) and theres like another 4 courseworks coming up before the term ends, and also that i have major catching up to do in my studies(which includes this and last terms work), and also not to mention attending church related events 4(at least) days out of 7 (hey am not grumbling, i enjoy every moment of it-it keeps me sane), and also that i should be speding at least an hour a day practicing my guitar, plus going to classes....whoever needs a life, you can have mine.
But amidst all that, i still managed to plan up a trip to italy in the summer, which i'm really looking foward to. We(me and chia wei) are planning to catch a plane to venice, then go down to florence, rome and finally naples. Kinda excited about it. Wish i had a 1GB memory stick for my digicam. Also, not to mention helping other people's courseworks, mainly Human Resource Management and Math for Economists. There's a running joke here(which in truth isnt really funny if you are me) about me graduating with a double degree at the end of 3 years - when in truth i'm trying to survive and stay afloat in my 1st year here. Apparently now word has spread and i got a call from another friend from another course asking me to help her with her coursework also. Something about decision analysis-which i of course, honestly told her i had no idea what it was and politely declined. And also not to mention clocking up more hours on that satanic-time-wasting-violent-rage inducing game so fondly and affectionately known as counterstrike.
And today came wind about Matt Redman coming to Hillsong London for the 7pm service-to worship lead of course. After some initial hestitation, i decided to put away all the burdens and work and worries of my life(ie listed above) and go for the service. (For those who are wondering who the heck Matt Redman is, he's a famous british christian songwriter well known among christian circles all around the world, and also Hillsong London is the church i attend here in london, sister church of the more globally known Hillsong Sydney) . So as expected the dominion theater(thats where we have church) was packed to the brim, and squashing my way through to the front row seat where my friend had so kindly reserved for me. Anyways, Matt Redman came on, and then proceeded to lead the congregation in a time of praise and worship. The atmosphere was electrifying, and also ridiculously warm(maybe it was due the the fact that i was wearing long johns underneath in a tightly packed area) and indeed it was and awesome time of praise and worship.
One thing caught my eye though- Matt Redman is just an ordinary bloke. I dont mean that in a negative way, i'm not belittling him in any way, but rather that he is just like you and me. No aura of superiority or super holiness or whatever, just normal like you and me. And what i'm pointing to here is that here is a normal dude who chose to give and live his life to God, and through that has accomplished many amazing things that many of us only can dream of.
So folks, stop messing about and start living right. Me included.
"We were meant to live for so much more, but we lost ourselves"
How true is that.


Oh and it snowed proper snow this time. Enough for us to have snowball fight on the way to class. Totally awesome.

Peace out folks. Will post more if i survive the coming weeks.