user-generated content

Inspired by this news article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6190984.stm

1. How will user-generated content evolve?
2. What is its effect on individuals?
   (the way we think, work, spend our time…etc)
3. What is its effect on the church?
4. How can it be integrated for the furtherance of God’s Kingdom?

The invention of the Internet has caused an information explosion.
It has redefined the way we look at life.
It has redefined the way we do things.
(okok… sound like some advertisement liao~)

Well I’m trying to get to the point that somehow I just feel
the term post-modernization doesn’t fully describe the current generation.
(or maybe it’s just because I’m not very sure what it means)
Maybe we should come up with a new term to describe the current situation?
Or has it been done already?

Some of my suggestion (just in case nobody has done it yet :Þ)
Digital generation?
e-generation? (sound appropriate)
ə-generation? (looks cool… [what does 'cool' mean anyway?])
or
ə-gEnEraTioN? (looks cooler right? [I just don't understand why people like to type like that... mixing upper case and lower case])

Some Questions that need answers~

1. What can I do during the holidays?
2. What can I do during the study week of Sem 2?
3. What can I do everyday during Sem 2? (must set apart special time)
4. How can I discipline myself….?

Transfer of “About Me”

Since the Friendster Profile Main Page limited the number of characters in the
"About Me" section.
Therefore I have to switch some of the older contents here.

These are some of my Goals that I’ve set and prayed for.
God’s grace is truly in abundance.

These records will be my own story, my testimonial of God’s work in my life.

Short Term Goal (2004&2005)
Do well in STPM & enter local
university.
(Update 5/5/2006 = I did well in STPM
3′A’ 2′A-’)

Short Term Goal (20th June 2006)
Get a scholarship or financial aids for my studies at NUS. Work Hard!
(Update 03/08/2006 = Got scholarship from
Lee Yan Lian Foundation)

One Down 4 to Go!

Clear EG1471~

Let’s see…
University Life is interesting and FUN~!!
Anyone agree with me?

Exam Dates & Time

This is my exam schedule.

0900 24th Nov  - English - MPSH 1B
1300 28th Nov  - Advanced Calculus - LT7A
0900 30th Nov  - Mechanics and Waves - E3-06-08/09
0900   1st Dec  - Computing and Statistics - EA
0900   4th Dec  - Organic Compounds and their Transformations - E3-06-08/09

Please pray for me~!!

Summary and Reminder!

Some Reminder for myself~@!

And so it’s exam time again~!

I wonder what have I been doing all this while.

One semester….. FIVE months~!

Nope, Joshua… you’ve done a lot~!!

1. You have actively involved in Hall activities and campus activities~ 
2. You have monitored two video productions to success.
3. You and your team have successfully covered more than 10 hall events.
   • JCRC are happy about that~!
4. You have been trying hard to restructure the devastated state of the Multimedia Comm. with the main comm.-ers.

5. You and your chemistry presentation team have done a GAME SHOW, fully utilizing the power of Multimedia. 
6. You have actively participated in MSL activities~   
7. You have attended Sunday services every week with no FAIL.   
8. Youhave attended Cell Group every week with no fail, even if that means walking for more than 15 minutes to reach the meeting place.   
9. You have attended Hall Christian Fellowship every week and participate in their activities, although you’ve missed one or twice.   
10. You have performed two (and a half) times as a Eusoff Band member, once as drummer and another one half as bongo-ist.   
11. You have performed four times as a VOICES drummer, twice in concert and another twice in Central Forum as performing band.   
12. You have attended Brett Manning’s Singing Success Workshop and now you know the correct singing methods.   
13. You have attended a two-day Production Management Workshop at University Cultural Centre (UCC), learning about the Stage management and stuff.   
14. You have helped several hall mates in their video production project.   
15. You have volunteered yourself as photographer in many events, earning yourself the photographer title. (but actually you know yourself as being only an amateur photographer with much to learn)   
16. You have learned how to use Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop.   
17. You have written numerous essays as blogs.   
18. You have attempted to apply for USP and written yet another essay expressing yourself.   
19. You have made a lot of friends; many people know you or even heard of your name. (but yet, you are still searching for a best friend)   
20. You have grown a lot spiritually. (but yet, you still have a long way to go)   
21. You have learned how to put faith in God, believing in Him and His plans.   
22. You have really done a lot~!! A lot~!! A lot~!!

BUT,
You
seem to have done everything possible but you have neglected your studies….
You proclaim that you like to study but your actions showed the opposite.

You
have forgotten your primary objective in coming to Singapore.

THEREFORE,
You
must work hard, harder than any other time! (exam is just five days away)

You
must work smart, smarter than any other time~!

You
must work not by your own strength, but by Christ who gives you strength~!

You
must do your best!!

You
must pray for wisdom when you are stuck in studies!

You
must pray for determination and motivation when you’re lazy and just don’t feel
like studying.

You
must pray for awareness and energy when you’re feeling sleepy and drowsy…

LASTLY,
You
must work hard during the holidays to pre-read all that are to come in the
Second Semester!

You
must set apart specific time just for study alone, besides all the other
activities!

You
know second semester will be another semester of chaos, madness and full of
activities!

This
time, you know what you should do and what you shouldn’t!

 
Tutorials
must be finish on that day itself and latest the day after.

Lectures
are to be understood on the spot, if not, please do not be ashamed in raising
your hand and ask the lecturer.

It
is only if you’ve understood and fully grasp the syllabus that you can help
others in understanding the same thing. (this is what you’ve been doing back in
secondary school and Form6)

 
Remember
the philosophy that you’ve been holding on all your life.

“Result
is a consequence (effect) of your effort and level of understanding! It is
never the cause of your effort or hard work!”

 
Another
one is

“The
process is always more important than the end product”
(the
exact opposite of “the end justify the means”)

Phew…..~

 
That’s
all for now,
I
must continue my “date” with Victor Tan on Calculus ^^!

Humility

Finally, it’s finally~!!
I get to feel the real meaning of being inferior…
It’s not a good feeling though.

One of my main reason of coming to NUS to do my undergraduate is
to challenge myself, push myself to the limits!
Well, I did~
I’m far beyond my limits now.
Sleep deprived + piled up assignments + lagged behind time in syllabus

Finally, I understand how one can fail a test~!

I must say, I’m truly grateful that I have great teachers who guided me all along, especially the tuition teachers.
But being spoon fed for the past 19 years, finally, I understand what is
real studying~

Finally, I understand that 24hours a day is really not enough.
How I wish I will not need to sleep.

Finally, I get to experience what is the meaning of being lonely
and the importance of having friends.

Finally, I get to feel what it is like to be defeated and hopeless.
I get to feel the importance of always going back to God~!

Aha~!! Now I got my own story!
Year 2006…. so many things happened~!
In fact, the amount of growth I get this year far surpass my teenage years.
It’s just so amazing~!
Looking back, I can see God’s hand on every single event that happened.
His plans somehow works perfectly fine.
As what my father have said,

神试验人为要提升我们上等的品格。
试探则增加人下等的品格。

I know this phrase was translated by my father from english.
But haha… somehow I only caught the chinese version of it.

All the "testings" that God has allowed it to happen really uplifted me in every aspect of my life, spiritually, socially, and intellectually (not so in my studies but knowledge in other areas)

Ah-ha~ the topic of this post is "Humility" right?
Well, of all the things that I’ve learned, understood, acquired, obtained… so far taught me a great lesson!!
That is, without God, I’m nothing.
It’s by His grace that I’ve managed to come thus far.
Really grateful!

Life is just so fun!!!
God is just so good!!

note: (to those who at one time felt that I’m a bit odd.)
I think I’m becoming more and more normal.
Normal as in being able to feel what normal people will feel when certain situation arises.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Hmmm….. But the process of me getting all these enlightening is a bit unique.
But I guess everyone of us is special, all of us have our own unique story.

I’m still sticking to the Vision of ministering to the 2nd generation christians!
I don’t think this is a new issue in christianity, there must be books around..
Hmmmm….