Have you read?

Have you read the story of the cross
Where Jesus bled and died;
When your debt was paid by the precious blood
That flowed from His wounded side?

He died an atoning death for thee,
He died an atoning death;
O wondrous love! it was for thee
He died an atoning death!

Have you read how they placed the crown of thorns
Upon His kingly brow?
How He cried: “Forgive them, O forgive,
They know not what they do.”

Have you read how the dying thief was saved
While hanging on the tree?
When he looked with pleading eyes and said,
“Dear Lord, remember me.”

Have you read that He looked to heav’n and said:
“‘Tis finished”— ’twas for thee?
Have you ever said: “I thank Thee, Lord,
For giving Thy life for me”?

(An Atoning Death, Thomas Dennis)

Heaven application

O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?
Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
Psalms 144:3-4

We read the entire chapter during the service today. In the midst of job hunting, it just struck me again how God loves us unconditionally. What are you that He cares for you? Unlike for good universities, where your grades are expected to be above a certain standard before you can enter. Or for well renowned companies, where your resume has to meet the cut and where you need to go through interviews and assessments. God welcomes us into His family without any requirements or qualities or skills or experiences from us, though it doesn’t mean that He has no standards. In fact His standard is way way too impossible for anyone to meet or even to come close to, til Jesus Himself came down and offers us a new life. Be thankful that Heaven doesn’t issue rejection letters for those who believe in Jesus Christ, and don’t waste His grace.

“Any job offer?”

Job search has officially began, marked with my first job application last week and a career fair on Friday. Another milestone has passed, and there are more coming. I have a lot of questions as I was going through the company list and trying to sell myself (which I dislike doing). What kind of job am I called to do, where will I work, how long I’m gonna have to wait, ..what if no company wants me? I’m honestly anxious of the future, kinda dreaded of having to live the routine and taking responsibilities to a whole new level. But excited too to see what God has in store for me. It was practicality versus passion at the crossroad four years ago, what’s gonna win this time? Pride and anxiety?

The question people posed to me has now switched from “How’s your FYP?” to “Any job offer?”. Oh well..

Why I should not skip classes for no valid reason like I did yesterday

Because it’s really not easy to enter this university if I graduated from high school in Indonesia, I’d have to be really really smart. And it’s very much harder if one’s forgotten to stick by the deadline, like what happened to my baby sister.

Be thankful and go for classes!

How a roommate shows her love to me

It’s back to the neoprint days..

Friends 4-ever lol.

Grüezi!

I was reminded by YC’s post that it’s the first anniversary of the start of our journey in the city of Zurich.

♥ Niki de St-Phalle’s flying blue “Guardian Angel” at Zurich Main Station, I hope to see you again soon!

Kickboxing ≠ Kicking boxes

I probably first heard about Pilates from an episode of Friends, where Rachel was fighting with her sister and she said: I do Pilates. A few months ago, my aunt recommended Pilates for my slunted backbone and lower back pain. And I found out later that a few friends do Pilates, so I thought of giving it a try this semester.

First class. We stretched and balanced. Painful. My body still aches now!

I found the rest position, which is called the child’s pose, cute.

And I signed up for kickboxing too. Had some sessions of kickboxing back in JC, it was a compulsory elective for PE. This time I do it with a few friends for bonding sessions and fun ;)

First class. Jab, uppercut, knee, kick! Fun!

Some people actually thought kickboxing is about kicking boxes.. LOL!

To forget and to be confused

1. To forget is a survival mechanism. In order to learn well, you need to forget the unimportant details to leave space for the important ones. Forgetting something does not mean that the information is lost, it’s just that it’s harder to retrieve.

2. Intelligent people get confused all the time because they are more susceptible to interference in the brains. But these irrelevant stuffs help you to be a creative problem solver, and thus, intelligent person.

- adapted from my Introduction to Psychology notes

Commitment is liberating

The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating – in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is remove your head as the barrier to your life. – Anne Morriss

“There’s always tomorrow.”

I’ve put applying PR on my mental list of things to do since my very first semester in university. It’s my final semester, and I’ve yet to do it. “There’s always tomorrow.” It’s just that now it’s harder to process due to the overwhelming applications. And my invitation expires once I graduate.

I found my tax return cheque from working in the US dated April 2009. It’s worth a good amount of money. I kept it aside for so long I thought it’s already invalid. “There’s always tomorrow.” Except that it is void after one year.

I delayed booking a flight home for CNY. “There’s always tomorrow.” But the prices increase and most flights are already fully booked. So I will be back home from Monday to Monday (for just $99).

There’s always tomorrow.. til you find out that the time’s up and you no longer have the chances you once had. You’d probably have to pay a higher price, settle for a less desirable alternative, or you’d lose the opportunity altogether.

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*Update*

I’ve completed all three tasks above, yay! Still have to wait for my PR application to get approved, and the tax return has yet to be deposited into my account though.