(My) Walk to Remember
"There is only one nature - the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole."
- Bill Wulf
"There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
I sense that the time periods between my postings are going to become longer and longer… abnegation in process… and I make no qualms about it.
It is time anyway.
Have to put down certain things in order to make sure that they can be enjoyed to their full extent when the time is right.
No one said it would be easy, but it shall be done!
With God, all things are possible!
Yeah~! :D
9 days after my last post, I have kinda forgotten quite a bit about what has been going on… but I do remember that I have been thinking about a lot… haha ;p
Remember the day of supplementary grading?
21 January 2007.
Well, I mentioned all the things that went on in summary, but I didn’t talk about the one thing that held the most meaning to me.
So here goes:
For all my gradings, from white to brown 1, I was tested under supplementary grading at Kovan. And every time grading rolled around, I walked the same route to the community centre. By God’s blessings, the sun would always be shinning and the weather would be nice and cool.
The walk would always be made alone, and with all my thoughts about what the grading that day would be like rolling continuously around my head. Wondering how my friends would fair and whether all the administrative issues would be ironed out in time… yes, there would always be things to do… HAHA~~
On the 21st of January, for the first time, I walked that very road, down that stretch, as a black belter.
Its been a long time coming, and if you knew all the things I had been going through during the process of getting to this point, you would understand how much getting my black means to me. :)
All that stress as a ‘white’ is now a thing of the past.
Not that there is very much less things to stress about now, in fact, there are more things to bother about…
-psychotic laughter-
-psychotic laughter gets louder-
-psychotic laughter can be heard from all the way across the neighbourhood-
I am now in a new realm and there are many things to be learnt, I relish the thought of reaching a new plane on my learning cycle. :)
I find it hard to believe that I have already reached this stage.
-even more psychotic laughter-
It’s totally surreal!!!
There in lies the meaningfulness of that walk.
It was truly a walk to remember, because I was so aware of the significance of that morning.
Finally.
Yes, finally.
FINALLY!
:D
Many people think that once you have reached the stage of being a black belter, you can just drop everything and don bother because you have already ‘reached’.
That is so far from the truth.
The fact is that once this stage has been reached, a lot more training is needed because more is expected from you and the standard, which is attained, is no longer good enough. Continual improvements and tweaking are in order.
*URSH!*
It can and shall be done!
*HOOT!*
Speaking of a walk to remember, I recently went on a rampage for the book and the movie of the same name.
Yes, the one staring Mandy Moore and Shane West - the very same book by Nicholas Sparks.
I went on a ‘treasure hunt’ for the book and rampage for the film.
In the process, Toa Payoh library has earned my huge stamp of approval in customer service.
Heehee…
Have yet to finish reading the book, but the movie was ok I guess… it could have been better though~
Here is a round up of the things I did since my last entry (in no particular order):
Donated blood and hung out with Shoon.
eRev exercise.
Trainings at the CC.
Hanging out with my peeps.
Celebrated Ian’s full month with at Kor’s place… yes, another time… :)
Went to view show flat.
My place got sold enblock.
Training for the upcoming poomsae course.
Went to an Amway presentation.
Relief teaching.
Taking of classes.
Got a huge scolding from the adults (long story).
Got grounded.
Been though a roller coaster of emotions from here and there~
Studying… yes, I am getting there… but not quickly enough!
SWEET ABNEGATION WHERE ART THOU!
Aight… that’s all I can remember for now… hehe…
A new week - which happens to be a marathon - awaits!
Cheers!
^-^
- Bill Wulf
"There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
I sense that the time periods between my postings are going to become longer and longer… abnegation in process… and I make no qualms about it.
It is time anyway.
Have to put down certain things in order to make sure that they can be enjoyed to their full extent when the time is right.
No one said it would be easy, but it shall be done!
With God, all things are possible!
Yeah~! :D
9 days after my last post, I have kinda forgotten quite a bit about what has been going on… but I do remember that I have been thinking about a lot… haha ;p
Remember the day of supplementary grading?
21 January 2007.
Well, I mentioned all the things that went on in summary, but I didn’t talk about the one thing that held the most meaning to me.
So here goes:
For all my gradings, from white to brown 1, I was tested under supplementary grading at Kovan. And every time grading rolled around, I walked the same route to the community centre. By God’s blessings, the sun would always be shinning and the weather would be nice and cool.
The walk would always be made alone, and with all my thoughts about what the grading that day would be like rolling continuously around my head. Wondering how my friends would fair and whether all the administrative issues would be ironed out in time… yes, there would always be things to do… HAHA~~
On the 21st of January, for the first time, I walked that very road, down that stretch, as a black belter.
Its been a long time coming, and if you knew all the things I had been going through during the process of getting to this point, you would understand how much getting my black means to me. :)
All that stress as a ‘white’ is now a thing of the past.
Not that there is very much less things to stress about now, in fact, there are more things to bother about…
-psychotic laughter-
-psychotic laughter gets louder-
-psychotic laughter can be heard from all the way across the neighbourhood-
I am now in a new realm and there are many things to be learnt, I relish the thought of reaching a new plane on my learning cycle. :)
I find it hard to believe that I have already reached this stage.
-even more psychotic laughter-
It’s totally surreal!!!
There in lies the meaningfulness of that walk.
It was truly a walk to remember, because I was so aware of the significance of that morning.
Finally.
Yes, finally.
FINALLY!
:D
Many people think that once you have reached the stage of being a black belter, you can just drop everything and don bother because you have already ‘reached’.
That is so far from the truth.
The fact is that once this stage has been reached, a lot more training is needed because more is expected from you and the standard, which is attained, is no longer good enough. Continual improvements and tweaking are in order.
*URSH!*
It can and shall be done!
*HOOT!*
Speaking of a walk to remember, I recently went on a rampage for the book and the movie of the same name.
Yes, the one staring Mandy Moore and Shane West - the very same book by Nicholas Sparks.
I went on a ‘treasure hunt’ for the book and rampage for the film.
In the process, Toa Payoh library has earned my huge stamp of approval in customer service.
Heehee…
Have yet to finish reading the book, but the movie was ok I guess… it could have been better though~
Here is a round up of the things I did since my last entry (in no particular order):
Donated blood and hung out with Shoon.
eRev exercise.
Trainings at the CC.
Hanging out with my peeps.
Celebrated Ian’s full month with at Kor’s place… yes, another time… :)
Went to view show flat.
My place got sold enblock.
Training for the upcoming poomsae course.
Went to an Amway presentation.
Relief teaching.
Taking of classes.
Got a huge scolding from the adults (long story).
Got grounded.
Been though a roller coaster of emotions from here and there~
Studying… yes, I am getting there… but not quickly enough!
SWEET ABNEGATION WHERE ART THOU!
Aight… that’s all I can remember for now… hehe…
A new week - which happens to be a marathon - awaits!
Cheers!
^-^
1 Comments:
hehe wasted sia i wasn't there to see Ian's full month celebration. gosh next week is CNY liaoz somemore.. haha still haben buy pao over to visit kor and jie.. must do so soon :)
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