Meeting my classmates for the first time....

The students of the creative arts course have been asked to put up a performance during the Asia Pacific Theological Association's General Assembly. Since I was a new student that will be going on-board the course, my course manage have invited me to join in.

Went for practice on tuesday evening and it was such an interesting experience! We were supposed to do some sort like a mime as someone else read out the simple script which is basically just a poem. We were taught what is a "tableau", which is actually a "live picture" where actors on stage will freeze in action to depict a scene.

Anyway, had fun rehearsing and accomplished quite abit during our first rehearsal! A few more practices and then the performance will be happening on 8th September.

What an appetizer to what I will be going to study! already looking forward to it :)

New look

A new look for a new chapter in my life as I move on to study...

Back to school!

I'm going back to school! Will be starting my lessons end August at TCA College, taking a part-time Dip in Higher Ed in Creative Arts. That will be the start of my 3 year part-time course, devoting 3 of my weeknights to studies.

I'll also be converting to part-time at my current workplace, and probably take the rest of the time to do something Creative Arts related. It's gonna be busy busy the days ahead! Still can't really believe I actually committed to studying this course...it's amazing how God calls and opens the way for me.

Tho I don't really know how exactly the days ahead will be like, I'll just have to step out in faith. One thing I'm sure of tho...that I'm looking forward to be a partner in ministry with hubby, and looking forward to see how God unravels the plan that He has designed for our family.

Counting down to the days.....

New Car!

We finally bought a new car :) A humble little 1 litre red Suzuki Swift at an unbelivable price of $6,700 (not including transfer fees, road tax, insurance of course!).

Thank God again for blessing us with this gift! It is really in quite a good condition for a 17 year old car and we having been enjoying our car since we collected it earlier this week. It's really a good feeling to be fetch to work and from work by Hubby. A car really made our travelling around so much easier! And it's something affordable as we have already paid full cash for it...all that's left will be our monthly carpark and petrol expenses.

We have been so happy about the car, especially Hubby....our first car!! And the best part is that the car was registered on my birthday...haha!

Praise the Lord!

Managing better now....looking forward to a break again

Last week has been a very stressful week...not really due to increased workload, but just a crisis I'm facing about my career. I have a very strong desire to resign and lobo for awhile, yet can't find the motivation to quit. Strange isn't it? A part of me is yearning for change, while the other is resisting to change.

When I had my headache last week, I guessed it might have been due to stress...when I went to see the doc, she told me that my unexplained rashes could have been signs of stress too. There and then, I was determined to send in my resignation. But when I was back at work, things changed again and I am soldiering on now...

I realised that I have begun to have an expectation of Hubby to support me, and that marriage gives me an entitlement to resign at my wish...perhaps it's also the first time I realised that I'm no longer working for myself but for my family. I believe this is what has been holding me back from making a rash decision. I also silently asked myself several times if I'm willing to forgo the financial comfort we have now by giving up my pay...to my surprise, I'm not. All along, I thought I would do anything to stop working.

Perhaps it's this dichotomy within me that has been causing me all these emotional ups and downs....ok, mainly downs. Have thought of switching a job, did a job search, but ended up realising that I don't fit anywhere else. I'm not willing to subject myself to the same stress at a new place, but yet no one would hire me to do what I want...simple admin/no brainer job/maybe cashier etc. And again, I'm not ready to part with my pay after all...Isn't there any job in this world that the stress level is inversely proportionate to the pay?

So nothing's changed so far...except that I've given my dear hubby alot of stressful times and threats about resigning. Yes, we can get by with just his pay, but no more enjoyment lor...maybe it's time to look for other motivating factors to keep me going.

In the meantime, looking forward to yet another break...church camp! It's the first time I'm going since I joined GA. Not sure what to expect...but just welcoming the break :)