Long overdue post...and, is it the end of the year already??

So, I did tell myself that I must try to hit the target of at least 1-2 posts per month this year..and look at the side bar, I've only written 8 posts this year:S  *oops*  Haha I totally attribute it to my being on Facebook more often nowadays, and uploading photos onto FB and writing comments there, has definitely made me lazier to blog than ever.

So here I am, trying to keep this space alive :)

It's October, exactly 2 weeks from the last day of school.  Where has all the time gone??  Goodness me...really, week after week just passes me.  I still remember in Term 3, how every Friday I'd dread Saturday approaching because I'd be in school at a weird timing of 1130 - 1415 for Sec 4 remedials as my class is so popular, ALL teachers embrace Sat remedials with them :p  But I do pity the kids sometimes..having to attend remedials on Sat from 8-10am, then 10-1130, and 1130 - 1415.  But such is the demand of being a modern student in Singapore, getting above 10 pts at the 'O' Levels leaves one with hardly any choice to make if they were targetting the top half of the JCs.  Yes, half, not top tier.  In fact, I think if I were a student now, I wouldn't have qualified for my JC!  Glad I'm the cher, and not the student now :)

My latest mini motivation for the Sec4s while doing their mock test last Sat morning:)  Haha..little things to keep them going I guess...

Last Fri was farewell assembly for the Sec4s...it's funny how you seem to always say that you don't love them, and you can't wait for them to take their O's so you don't have to care about them anymore, but yet, when it really comes the time for farewell, you feel your heart getting tugged when you hear them say "how come you weren't there to take pictures with us after the assembly?", and "we couldn't find you even in the staffroom!!", and "why didn't you join us for dinner??"....awww....*sniff*

Make-up picture with a couple of kiddos taken after the Mock test on Sat morning.. :)

I guess deep down, for some strange reason, for all the pain that I went through in trying to push their grades up, I've unknowingly grown to love them (well at least enough of them) in some way...
All the best guys, and like I wanted to say in the farewell video (which in the end was not put into the farewell video), press on! It'd be over before you know it ;)

Am waiting for some important news this week...hmmm...not really sure what to expect, nor how to react... But what I do know, is that God's assurance is there :)
I've not heard God speak to me so clearly for a long time, or perhaps, it's because I haven't sought Him with such urgency and constancy for way too long..
Warms my heart to hear Him say 2 things to me last month amidst my frantic and nervous prayers..

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
- Joshua 1:9 (NIV)

"No eye has seen... no ear has heard...the good that the Lord has prepared for those who wait on Him to hear  His voice..'I am the Potter and you are the clay' "

With this, no matter the outcome, I believe I am at peace.. :)