My Post after 2 months

Hei all :) It's been super duper long since my last post, 
so even though I know it's super late, Happy New Year 2011 Guys :D


I had an awesome holiday last december so I kinda abandoned my blog
on the 5th of December after my choir concert I flew back to Surabaya 
and stayed there for 3 weeks before coming back here (Singapore)


Spent my new year here with my Mom and sister and MDC singapore
I had a blast during our BBQ party on the 31st and enjoyed watching
fireworks from the balcony of Anchorage during the first seconds of 2011


Anyways, here is my 2011 revolution list


1. Improve my EL and get a distinction for O level (A1 if possible) :D
2. Do my best during O level, get 10A1s (With God, everything is achievable) 
3. Become less lazy and stop being complacent
4. Lose weight (2-3kg) :D


Of course there are other thing that I would love to achieve
but I'll focus more on these 4 points :D 


This year is an important year for me
2 major events are happening :
1. O Level - An exam that will determine my next two years in Singapore. It's happening in 9 months and I need to build a stronger foundation for my languages.
2. SYF (Singapore Youth Festival) - most important event for choir members, this will eat up A LOT of my time IF i decided to join. It's a tough decision considering that O level is coming.


I'm also considering to join Hostel Com this year to improve pn my leadership skills. It's also gonna take some of my time but most probably I'll go for it.


So those are the things i'm gonna face this year, 
A giant is approaching, the only thing I can do is try my best and pray :)


GBu :)
-Jennifer-

A Meaningful Month

Hei all!


I just realized that it's been a long long time since my last post in this blog (as if i had another one)
So since I have nothing to do while I'm waiting for my dinner, I decided to update my blog on my exciting experiences that happened this past month. :D


1. I turned 17, 13 days ago ! 
well that's exciting since 17 is the legal age in Indonesia (my home country) although not the legal age here (Singapore). 
I feel so old.....

They came to my birthday after all ! :D

Ok nvm, the point is, I had a great birthday this year unlike my birthday last year (I will remember that day forever - It was my second day in Singapore LOL) 
For my birthday celebration, my mom came here since the 5th of November coincides with Deepavali holiday in Singapore (public Holiday - Indian Celebration)
I invited a few close friends to join me and my family for dinner on that day however almost all of them said that they couldn't come.
One said that he had to extend his stay in Jakarta for work, the other said he had to go to his office that night and another said she had to study for her arts O level exam !
At first I didn't suspect anything but things got fishy and fishier as the day pass, so I started investigating :D
and I found out that my mom asked them to pretend to be unable to come when actually they can come ! So everything was uncovered even before they came into the restaurant and surprised me HAHA

Group photo after dinner - I was very paranoid, scared they would throw me
into the water fountain near there aft the pic was taken LOL :D

2. I am now officially a senior ! :D
My juniors (the Indonesian ASEAN scholar Batch 20) came on the 11th and I was lucky enough to be excused from my maths lesson on that day to pick them up in the airport! :D 
That day I met a lot of Indonesian ASEAN seniors and batch-mates and since I rarely (never) go to the events organized for all of us to meet, I don't know most (maybe 90%) of them LOL
It was an enjoyable but tiring day. We got a free ride back to our hostel from Chang-I and because of the hostel's inconvenient location, the bus ride took 3 hours - they sent back those scholars whose hostels are nearer to chang-I 


3. This year's report book has been given out and the school year has ended, so now it is holiday time ! (although there's no such thing as a holiday here LOL) 
I thank Him for His blessings this past year and only because of Him that I can get those awesome results :D
Although I still have to go to school occasionally for choir, I can wake up late and sleep late now! :D 
I am, unfortunately, one of the scholars here to go back the last. 
All my other friends went back either last week or latest, this week. 
However I have to stay in this fine city, Singapore because of the school's choir concert held on the first week of December !
Even though I have to sacrifice my precious time in Indo, I think that staying back for a while isn't that bad because I can get more CCA points. So yeah nvm.


I think that's all for this post, I'll try to update my blog (again) soon. Now I have to start packing up all my mess in my room that's starting to get out of control D:
So, stay blessed readers!


Jennifer
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Time Management

Hei all,
It's been quite a while since my last post 
and since I came back from school early today,
(Next week is the start of my school's year end exam, 
so last Friday was my last day of CCA for this month :D)
I decided to post something on my blog :D


Right now, schools in Singapore are in the fourth term of their academic year
this means that year end exams and O levels are coming.
Time flies past us so swiftly that before we even realize it, 
we're going to the next chapter of our life,
whether it's graduating from secondary school or just moving on to the following grade in school.
When you think back, aren't you amazed at the fact that time does fly?
Memories of events in the past felt like they just happened yesterday.


But so what if time does fly?
To me, it simply means that we need to appreciate it 
by using and planing our time properly.
All of us know that there is always an end to something,
our time is limited and a man's success is determined by how well
he could manage time and achieve the best out of it.
Time is not something that we can compromise with. 


Managing time may not be the easiest thing to do
yet it is still doable.
I often hear many of my schoolmates complaining to the teacher
that they do not have the time to do all assignments and tasks they were given.
There may be many reasons to it, like : "you gave the homework to us last minute" 
"We have a lot of homework for today" and "There are just too many things to do and too many tests"
My question is : How exactly did you manage your time.


I learned from my experiences that when you plan your time wisely, prioritize and
stick with your plan everything could be done. 
Look at your aims and what you want to achieve to plan your time.
Things that could be postponed should come after things that need to be urgently done
and things that is something you MUST do come before leisure. 
This may seem simple but sometimes I feel tempted to do things for my leisure first
and then do the important things.
When you do things that are more important first, the burden and pressure will 
be released from you, enabling you to do the next task with ease. 
You would also feel glad that you had use your time fruitfully when you sow
your results afterwards.
In conclusion, all of us need to learn to manage our time to succeed and learning comes from practicing 
and experiences in the past :) Goodluck for all those having their exams and GBU :)

Realize that : "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst - William Penn"

-Jennifer-

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What do You want?

Well this is an update of my blog post titled : What will I do in the future?

Yesterday I spent some of my time to talk with my friend 

who is leaving for America, under a scholarship, next week.

I was told that he got the scholarship by emailing the schools in US 

Asking whether they offer any scholarship for international students

and after going through tests and an interview, he got it.

I felt inspired because similar him, I want to study in Canada

So after going back to my room 

i googled for a list of high schools in Canada and managed to get names of a few schools

I started emailing them and asking about the scholarship they offer and

how to enroll for my 11th year.

This morning I checked my email and amazingly

one school was really fast and replied that they would be glad to accept a new student

anytime of this year or next year.

I am confused (again) to what should I do.

Studying in Singapore is a privilege but since I want to continue

my university in Canada,

it would be cheaper if I move there now and apply for a PR so when I 

enter the University, I could get much cheaper tuition fees 

even though for high school I may have to pay

not forgetting the penalty I may also have to pay for breaking my Scholarship bond..

On the other hand, if I don't go now

I will not break my scholarship's contract, no need to pay the

penalty, but may need to pay much more if I enter

the university there as I will be counted as an International student.

The tuition grants for university will only help me for at most $5000 

while the whole fee is almost $30,000

In conclusion, I'm confused..

What should I do?

What do God want in my life?

What do my parents think?

Then this verse came up

²⁵"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 

²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

(Matthew 6:25-27 - New International Version)
It says : Don't worry about your life.

It illustrates that even a bird that does no work has a future full of hope 

where God provides everything.

This teaches me to stop worrying of my future because I know it's in God's hands

and everything in His hands will 

really be in His hands

Its just up to us to believe that He will provide the best for us

at His best time.

Yet still we need to remember that we also need to do our parts, give our all

(refer to my post "Happy Birthday Indonesia") 

God Bless

Jennifer~ 

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Happy Birthday Indonesia

Zechariah 8:11-12

¹²Seeds will thrive in peacetime.

Vines will produce their grapes.

The land will yield its crops.

The sky will produce its dew.

I will give the few remaining people

all these things as an inheritance.

¹³Just as you, people of Judah and people of Israel,

have been a curse among the nations,

so I will now save you,

and you will become a blessing.

Don’t be afraid. Let your hands work hard.

(God's Word Translation)

It was an interesting day today,

as it was the first time I celebrated my nation's national day

in another country, Singapore.

I woke up quite early and rushed to the Indonesian Embassy this morning because the flag ceremony starts at 9.30am.

I was glad to meet my other Indonesian scholar friends there

as I hadn't seen them since even-myself-don't-know-when.

It just feels awesome when all the indonesians come together

to the embassy to celebrate our national day

though we are not in Indonesia.

I Believe it was the pride we felt about our nation that gathered all of us

there this morning.

Even though the weather was really hot,

it was a happy occasion when we saw our flag rose high and not some other country's flag :D

It makes me, and maybe all of the others, feel back home again

anyways, after reading a post in facebook, I decided to write about it : Zechariah 8:11-12

It's about God's promise for a nation, "What the Lord will do for Zion"

It is an amazing promise made by God who never breaks His promise

but as I read it again, I notice this part "Let your hands work hard",

it shows that even though God made a promise that He would never brake,

there are still terms-and-conditions :

He still needs us to do our part.

We can't just ask God to do His part while we ourselves do nothing.

We need to change ourselves first, do our best

to change our country and then expect God to do the things that aren't in our control.

I myself need to learn to work harder and build up my country Indonesia for a better place

I do hope our country could improve,

free of corruption, pollution, crime, drugs, etc.

Don't you, other Indonesians whoever is reading this,

want your country to be like that too?

Someone needs to start first, right? Let's start from ourselves :)

Last but not least, I wish Indonesia a very happy 65th birthday!

GBU

Jennifer~

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What will I do in the future?

So..

Here I am , again , finally after a few months not opening my blog..

Let me see, where to start..

I am now in one of my friend's house, doing nothing,

trying to think of something to do

and when someone mentioned my blog,

i decided to update it..

These past few days, or rather, weeks, I've been thinking of my future

Where should I go to? What should I do?

Which university will suit me the best?

Some universities like UBC and UCLA came to my mind,

but again, the question is, which course would I want to take?

Should I take something common and cool (i think), like finance, and become a business women,

or take something that people rarely takes, offering a wider opportunity to get a better job, like say, engineering?

Well some may say that it depends on your talent and interest.

But then another question came : What DO I really like?

Honestly I don't really know the answer to that question.

I do well in school, but none of the subjects that I take sparks my interest.

None of it makes me passionate enough to say : WOW its now *blablabla* time!

I do OK in most of my subjects, but again, none of them are of my interest.

I often take tests online to try to find out more about my interest, but yeah funny things appears like

"You would make a perfect model" *the result of some quiz online that I took just now*

I just hope one day, soon, God will show His plan for my life so at least I won't be so Blur anymore.

Last but not least, any suggestions ? :)

Thanks for taking time to read some stupid blog of mine,

Jennifer.

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Term 3 Week 3

Well, basically it has been a month now from the day I went back to Surabaya

and it has been 3 weeks after I arrived back in this "fine" city.

For this past 3 weeks, a lot of things happened

one of the key events is my O Level Malay Oral.

After the holiday, we practiced a lot to ace our oral exam on last Monday

and I do hope to ace :D

another important event happened on the first Sunday after school reopened

which is MDC Singapore's Pastor wedding thanksgiving dinner

at Jurong Country Club. I sang 2 songs, "Kita Satu" and "At the Beginning" :D

A few of my Indonesian friends attended the dinner and I was happy to meet them here :)

We went out together to Marina Barrage and took loads of pictures :D

Another event that I went through was the National Day Parade 2010 Preview

All the scholars had to gather at City hall last Saturday to go for the show.

All though I thought i would be a waste of time at the beginning,

after i watched the show, I was happy because

the show was so pretty (all the colorful lights, etc)

and it was nice to see those kind of shows once in a while

hmm let me see..

Oh yeah, another thing that happened was me falling sick on the third day of school

I had to take MC because of my high fever

and it felt good to not go to school that day :)

Next week will be my Malay Listening O Level test

and since we practiced twice alr in school

I hope to achieve my best :)

Jennifer~

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