Back in 2014 when I first started teaching, I had no idea what to do. Sure, we received 4 days of TA training before school started but there is so much more to teaching that you could not pre-empt for. I was probably using a position of authority to conceal my fears and weaknesses. As a result, my first mid-semester evaluations were harsh and I ( Read more... )

God is teaching me a lot about patience and waiting this year. It has been a wait of ~ 1.5 years and ~ 4 months for both visas. In between, there has been ~ 9 months of inactivity. While it is not directly applicable to me, it has been excruciatingly nerve-wrecking on my part to be by the sideline, keep calm and trust in God. There will be times ( Read more... )

In this past month alone, so much has happened throughout the world and it is difficult to stomach. It almost feels as if all the bad stuff in the past decade has just condensed into one month ( Read more... )

I have a Malaysian friend here CL who is a fine, young, faithful man in Christ ( Read more... )

I have been pretty overwhelmed in emotions recently with plenty of self-doubt, breakdowns and crying bouts. I will not say that I am out of the woods yet but I am hoping I am on the recovery. This worship song that we sang today spoke right to me in this season. My joy comesevery morning from God alone ( Read more... )

Admittedly, the previous post was emotional and upsetting as I grappled with the changes. However, in this post I would like to remember about the love, care and concern that people have showered me since I came back ( Read more... )

As I ushered in 2016 this year back on the island, I realise that things and people are same same but different. While I do know that change is the only constant in life, being in the midst of it all still gives me a mixed bag of feelings and I am trying to understand these feelings through writing. I am not expecting anyone and anything to stay ( Read more... )

I am heading home and reaching home soil in less than a week's time on the shortest flight time I can find. It was certainly an exorbitant ticket price (USD $1.8K) but this has the shortest flight and stopover duration (< 24 hours). WIth only two weeks break, I rather pay more to not spend time doing futile things like flying. While it is possible ( Read more... )

Hurrah! I passed my written with only minor reservations! Praise God for that, truly none of this would have been possible without God's grace and mercy. DL's patience and faithfulness in dealing with my high-strung emotions throughout this period was certainly helpful. Even though I always knew that I will not fail, it was reassuring to receive ( Read more... )

By God's grace, I made it through the submission of the written and the outcome is out tomorrow. I surely know that I have work to do but I do not think that I will fail. And now, I am just focused on reading papers and thinking of ideas for my oral. Generating ideas has always been my weakest link and it is time to take the bull by its horns. Time ( Read more... )