Council Meeting + Church BBQ 22nd Dec

Okay, so i had this big meeting regarding, the big fancy things that we have to settle. and the overdue stuff that i have not settled, Mr Lim was shooting at me >.< ahhh
And there was a new discipline system for councilors, thank god next year i'm leaving, if not i could not possibly stay in the council. lol..
So after that, talked about the proposal for investiture.. and Zhong yang and i placed up a banner for the Student Council, the hand painted one! So look out for that councilors!

So after that, went for lunch with ZY and Kay at Bishan, had some meepok. and had very bad stomach after. Couldnt eat at the bbq.

Anyways, the bbq was... tame. I had this bad stomach, couldnt concentrate. lol. Anyways, I did not really enjoy it.. yea.. well..was my fault i guess. It was kimblery's Bday, So yea, happy birthday to her! And i heard some things about gabriel... from wilfred lol! haha! Did not see for myself cos i left early. haha.. ah wells... yup..

Malaysia Trip 18-21 Dec

Went to Malaysia on 18, morning. Reached genting about 11am~ So yea, thats how early i woke up. So went to genting, checked in, and OFF TO SHOPPING! At first world.

Okay, just a quick overview of what i bought at genting....

-Leather Belt from F.O.S
-2 Pairs of Jeans (Bout S$25 for one)

Yup! And we only overnighted at genting for 1 night. Was cold at night! Freezyyy
Me and my bro ordered room service! Chicken Hotdog in the middle of the night, not bad u know! lol haha.

OKAY! the next day, down to MEGAMALL, KL

Okay, I went for FISH SPA!
There were like 5 different ponds, and there was like different kind of fishes in each, big fish and small, lol. The big fish ones were like, ouch, super ticklish. haha. Small ones were cute! The big ones bit my foot's blister until it bled! haha! But the fihs spa was really fun!

So, Mainly shopping in KL, and eating. Had Tony Roma for dinner twice in a row! The waitress Joanne was such a pleasant person!

Okay, so this was what i bought in KL

- 2 Pairs of Shoes (Camel Active & Pedro) (Kinda regretted the Camel Active one)
-3 Shirts (1 super low v neck lol!)

And yea, that was my small shopping spree in KL. lol. nth much.. but yea.. at least i got something. haha!

Confirmed - Jeremiah

Prophet Jeremiah - He was often bitter about his experience, and expresses the anger and frustration he feels. He is not depicted as a man of iron, and yet he continues in preaching and praying for God's people.

Yes, Jeremiah is my Confirmation name now. I picked that name because it was my godparents' name too, so i continued using it. Anyways, i got confirmed on 13th of December. It was a really fun day! Thanks to all that came, my family, my Godma, Joshua Koh, and JOEL LIM! Woots! It was mass then confirmation. It was serene. It was full of warmth and peace.

Anyways, after confirmation, we all went out and mingled! Took laods of photos, with the Marists (Wilfred,Koh,Joel), The 3 musketeers (Me gab, fred) with Fr Joe, Fr Luke, and archbishop Nicholas Chia! I also took with Marie (thanks for the flower :D ), Amanda Eber, Auntie Janice, and my family and godma. My godma cut queued and took a pic with archbishop while the other classes were taking their turns to take, it WAS DAMN PAISEH LA!!! wa lao!! anyways, yea.. it was fun day! and not to mention that all of us were all so smartly dress, which could only be seen once in a blue moon! haha! Thanks joel on that day for being my personal assistant! And that night, dinner was on my family at Kuishin-Bo, with joel and my godma, great food! I love the snow crab. haha! Joel also made a dedication there, and i was flattered! Haha! thanks!

Souveniers included a ring (gift from my group facils), Gifts from auntie janice and janet, and a cert as well as a card! (Which i found really cool) Thanks guys!



JOEL LIM U STILL HAVE MY PICTURES!

Confirmation Camp

Yes! Its time for another camp! right after Bintan! But at least this camp is physically friendly!

Day 1 - Epic Fail. Games were stupid, missed my friends in other groups... sigh.. I really detest the person who split myself, Wilfred and Gabriel up. Its stupid. So we started the day playing really lame games, evolution and what else... sigh.. Then we also went out to the nearby field to play some pass the pass the table tennis ball in a spoon game. The person demonstrating fell over me when he spun too much... (Haolian until like that!) yea. The first impression the people in charge gave me was that they were very disorganised. You could tell they were making it up as we went along, the rules of the game. Of course, the props were there.

Day 2 - Woke up, had sessions then we went out to play again! This time was better. At least the games were better, i'm not saying the organisation was any better. The person incharge (Lucas i think) was stopping the game every 2 minutes! The game was 'Capture the Flag', with a balloon attached to your ankle, and if it bursts, you're out! I mean, the idea was there and it sounded fun, but the execution was terrible. Then there was handball, with a water balloon. Now that was fun, and they did not stop the game every 2 minutes. Sure, i got wet, but it was all in fun's name! Took a couple of photos.. and yea, its back to church! Watched passion of christ, was the first time i watched it, and it was really sad. (and gorey). And that night was the pray over. together with praise and worship. It was a great experience, i can only say that. The dinner was potatoes with 2 sausages, Wilfred gave me 1 potato and half a cheese sausage, i was bloated that night!

Day 3 - It was session intensive. Not much games... praise and worship, and just sessions! We had 1 game, the scavenger hunt. It was really retarded, tho it was fun. The drew me a mono-brow. wth. lol. but yea... catching 5 live ants.. looking for a dead cockroach.. yea.. stuff like that.. haha. that night, it was parents reconcillation day. They got u into this damn emo mood, and show u a letter your parents wrote for you. I mean when u were there, it was really sad and touching, but then now when i look back at it, i really fell for that stupid trick! yea! so i met me parents in church, had some washing of feet for some symbolism meaning, of reconcillation and forgiveness of sins or smth like that. And we had a potluck supper! yay! didn't eat much tho, just took some pictures, mingled.. and yea.. just enjoyed the company around us :)

Day 4 - Last day! yay! Session first, then confession. They tried the emo mood trick again, and none of us fell for this one i think. lol! but we did recognise the importance and the message they were trying to convey! So went for confession and after that, cleaning up! I swept and mopped the canteen. lol! After cleaning up, it was just wrapping up, photo taking, feedback and presentation by the various youth ministries. Warm fuzzies on that day too! Warm fuzzies are letters written to each other, to say hi, write what u wanna write yea kind of thing. haha. i had unexpected fuzzies. lol! ah well..

The camp wasn't THAT bad i guess.. but could be better.. hmm.. looking forward to confirmation.. and i still have no idea what youth ministry am i going to join. lol..

Day 4 -

Bintan Trip!

Recently, I've been to Bintan with a couple of my councilors, and it was really, really fun. Of course, it was with the primary sch kids. They were hellish! Ask Joel Lim and he can give you a simple, yet detailed, explanation. We stayed by the beach, where you could feel the breeze, and the high and low tides were of a very big difference. It was a great place! Loola Resort i think.

The first day we reached there, we started on our activites already! It was this boom net jumping, where a 2 nets were placed next to the boat, one on each side, and we climbed to the highest point of the boat and jumped down! The impact was painful sometimes, but it was really fun, not to mention that the boat was moving all the time! When i was climbing out of the net onto the boat again, i was trampled over a thousand times by the kids! Wow!! They could not climb up themselves, so Hia Ren, Wymer and Clement did alot of assisting. Of course, us secondary school guys tire out after a couple of jumps, while the kids just kept going! We had no idea where they got their energy from. We washed up and at night, it was lots of free time and planning for the CIP the next day.

Day 2 - CIP at a school in Bintan. The school was poor, facilities were bad, and they just did not have enough teachers! It was really an eye opener to see something like that in the world, with your own eyes. And yet, the kids seemed so happy, they were running around, playing games, and we too played soccer and volleyball with them! MSHS bought them some stuff with certain amount of money allocated for them, and we bought them a printer, soccer and volleyballs, and also a proper microphone, as the principal was addressing the school with such a minute one. The kids' age ranged from 7-12 (Primary Sch Age). I played volleyball with them for a while, which after joel and i just took pictures with them! The little kids just loved taking pictures. They were all hyper, smiling and you could feel that they were happy that we were there, even though we had a language barrier. We also reached out to them, trying to communicate and such, even though it was difficult. It was a heartwarming experience. As we left, we could still see them waving to us, and all of them were shouting their goodbyes, appreciative of our short visit of a couple of hours. It meant a great deal to them, i'm sure, but it also was a big eye opener and an unforgettable experience for us Singaporeans too.

In the afternoon, we had flying fox and kayaking. The difference with this flying fox was there we flew into the sea during high tide! It was fun! I made a big splash, i remember! Mrs Koh was also waiting for us in the sea, and after we secondary sch boys went, we joined her there and just enjoyed the water. It was much better than Singapore's! Haha. After that, we went on to kayaking. There wasn't much explanation, thank god i learnt enough kayaking skills from OBS to facilitate the kids. They were not paddling la. Had to paddle 2 kids around. Lol. But you could see there were having fun! That night was our BBQ night, so we had some simple bbq, and yea.. campfire! It was fun, especially learning all those npcc cheers and songs from Joel, Clement, Hia Ren, and Guan Wei. We secondary sch gentlemen also went for a night walk with the teachers, it was uneventful, however, tho we did see a rolled over frog!

Day 3 - It was the last day, and it was really a day where we just hung out, chit chat, and packed. Slacking by the beach, enjoying the water, and just taking photos. It was great... Enjoyment of company never felt better. Although, we did have one last activity, coconut tree climbing! That was AWESOME! I climbed a coconut tree, tho it was really tiring, and i managed to pick our first coconut! It was really great! Throwing it down to them was also fun! Haha! Something i'll never forget!

So after that, we went to a small shopping mall for a little shopping and lunch. Bought sweets and food. I could see joel running everywhere the mall because his pri sch partner was running everywhere! And he was pissed! LOL! The food was pretty decent, and yea... everything was cheap there! Yup... It was a really, really great. And yea.. went back to singapore on the ferry after..

Escape!

I went escape theme park yesterday with my friends, Jloh, Hong Chuan, and lynus! It rocked! So they did wake up late and we only started playing in the afternoon.. leaving ben wong, brandon and kai en.. haha.. It was much better than expected. Started of with the viking, it was great! went to burger king to grab a snack and we had to go to the haunted house. wth. I hate these things. It took much persuasion for lynus and hong chuan to persuade both jloh and i, and jloh just HAD to give in, so i really had no choice, did i? yea we did go in there, scare the shit out of myself, and there were 2 horrible girls behind me that were screaming into my ears. and i could only remember lynus screaming 'dont push dont push' lol!

So okay, get that over and done with. We went for the go kart! it was fun! nothing much happened there.. and erm.. flipper for a round or 2.. then we went to the water log! it started to rain and we had to wait, so we ended up waiting for no less than 20 minutes, and we just sat there talking about WoW. and yup.. we got really really wet! After that we went for the viking again! (after trying to dry up of course!) so after that, it started to get late.. round 7.20ish. and since we had nothing to do, we went for the bumper boats! just to get ourselves wet again! That had to be the best finale to a good day at the theme park. Shooting each other and even the people outside were great fun! And we all went for dinner after...

Superdog at E-Hub! It was really good. Sat there, talked a whole lot of crap. Sometimes u just wonder why can't things stay that way, nothing else to worry about, especially with 'O's next year.....

In the end, it was a really really good day. Great fun, company, and bonding! Unfortunately we were unable to spend time with ben wong and his friends since we came too late, or just that they went off too early.

Kurt Gathering No.1

Kurt gathering! Yay! I met up with the group at Parkway after MSHS open house, and had dinner there! (I forgot to wait, sorry! =P )

After dinner, we went to east coast park, where we played arcade. At east coast! While it rained earlier and it was getting dark so i guess we really couldn't do much! At the arcade, The girls with camwhoring while Tin Jun and Shuai Cheng played some retarded games.. played Time Crisis 4 with tin jun too,(furthest i ever went!) and yea.. thats the highlight of the arcade! yay!

After that, we went down by the beach side, and sat in one circle on a pathway near the beach. Wanted to play games but really couldn't coordinate ourselves. So we just ended up talking... and trying to plan our next outing so it'll be a much better one! It was a big headache fixing a date, but we eventually managed to. We also went to the mini funfair and played some UFO catcher. Shuai Cheng got a teddy bear! lol! So after that we just went back to the bus stop, heading home next... It was a really long ride, but yea.. at least we had friends to keep us company! And of course, we did not head home without taking a couple of group photos... ;)

MSHS Open House 2008!

So on the 22nd November 2008, it was MSHS open house! Yay! I was there for half my day, 8am - 4pm! It was a great success, in my opinion. Sure there were some hiccups at the start, but with some last minute changes, everything went on smoothly. The ICs incharge for councillors, yours truly, together with Xian Wei, Yoong Kwei, Denzel and Jerome. They were really good themselves! Especially to Xian Wei and Yoong Kwei, who took charge of the second shift!

So at the open house, we brought parents for a tour around the school, led them for talks, and most importantly, we were the information counters! It was cool being able to speak to the parents, trying to promote our school. It was a great day where i was able to brush up and train my oral presentation skills. And on that day, i also realised how eloquent speakers were able to win people over. The councillors were also great on that day, all of them were great ushers as well as speakers as far as i observed.

Such experience is invaluable. Where else, can u practice this way, to outsiders, your speech and how you promote things. I'm sure this is also what sales promoters are about.

Outward Bound - Continued

Day 3
Okay, Day 3's highlight was the land expedition. We played some team games with the other groups first before we went though, to decide who gets to choose the checkpoints first. Okay so Kurt came in 3rd, but i'm sure we did our best! The team games consisted of Body Parts, Team Ski, and Giant Skipping Ropes. After the team games, we settled down for a quick lunch and started to plan our route. When we set off, i was already have a really negative mindset. The bags were really heavy and the route we had to walk seemed longer than what it really is. So as we set off towards our first checkpoint, we searched around an area and we found one! Only to realise later on that it was not our checkpoint. I was frustrated! So we had to set off again, this time to plan our route properly and more precisely. As we walked, it started to rain, and we walked even faster. So fast that we missed the checkpoint! It was raining too heavily, so we had to seek shelter with some toilets. After waiting a while, we walked back and tried to find our checkpoint. We came across this road that split, and we were so sure that the checkpoint was there! But we just couldn't find it! We only found it there after a while when we realised it was behind a tree! It was really stupid. So we did our detour and completed it! That meant 1 less checkpoint to find! But as we went on, we did not even find a second checkpoint. It was horrible. Some of us even went deeper in to check, and it wasn't there! Sigh... So we ran out of time and had to proceed back to our campsite, which was again, back to where we 'started'. Walking to and fro was a really really bad experience, especially with those bags. However, we reached our campsite, pitched up our tents and got a briefing regarding the Sea expedition! Exciting! And as the sea X leaders stood up, its really really good to see 8 out of 9 of them being Marists! Looks like the school did instill something in us that was just waiting to pop after all!
After that, the thunderstorm came! All of us hid in our tents, and had to place ponchos ontop of our tents as well! it was really bad. The sky was pouring and flashes of lightning were frequent. It was really cool! haha.. So that day the instructors cooked for us! Wow! Yup! it was really fantastic! Again, i shared my food with Alex! And that night we slept on wet tents.....

Day 4
Sea Expedition! We woke up at 4.30. Loaded our bags into the boats, and started to our starting point where we will start kayaking. After taking them out and doing a couple of tests, we were ready to kayak. So we started kayaking one round around the Island, Pulau Ubin! At the start it was really fun, but as we went on, it got really more and more tiring. I'm sure it was the first time for plenty of us on such a long distance! We had lunch in the sea too! We rafted up together with the instructors' powerboat and they threw our rations to us! Wow! It was a really fun! And after that, it was once again, non-stop kayaking. I was sharing a kayak with Shuai Cheng (who was later replaced by matthew) and Jing Yi! Shuai cheng and i changed place a couple of times, (i prefer the back seat!) and we even capsized once, which was really unexpected! So yea.. thats the main highlights of the sea expedition. When we got back to our bunk, everyone was looking forward to a nice bath and a nice dinner as well, which was exactly what we had! It was our final night together, so we mixed around, took some pictures, had a cooking comp, and such. It was a great night.

Day 5
Woke up, and had flag raising. Immediately after that, they lead us to the Jetty and told us that we were going to jump off it! I mean, wow, that'll be again, the first time i'm doing something like that. We also had to shout out our commitments we want to make after the camp before we jump, which was the aim of the activity. (I'm not revealing mine). The water was really... dirty and cold! haha! But it was fun for everyone, i'm sure of it! So after that, we rinsed, and grouped together again, for the giving out of our WALLETS AND HANDPHONES! And we went shopping for souvenirs... We took a couple of last group photos, and we went to the hall for a final debrief before home... They were dispatching us back by schools, so when we had to leave our groups, we were kinda bummed, which was surprising! We were all running around, taking photos, which included Marists At OBS, MSHS Student Councillors at OBS, and of course, a couple of random, retarded shots! Greendale also cheered for us, which we couldn't return, so we did the school song! Yay! they could do another, but we could only reply with the Marist Creed, which i reckoned was inappropreiate as alot of them did not want to. haha.. So when we were on the boat, everyone was really quiet. (First time for Marists!) You could feel mixed feelings in everyone, about being sad to leave and at the same time, happy that they could go home already. Its hard to describe....

Points I learnt/that dawned on me In OBS
- Some people aren't as bad as how you think they are, they can actually be very nice!
- There are some people who really ARE bastards!
- I hate people who think and decide for their own pleasure or challenge, and not a standard where is stretched and REALISTIC for the rest of us
- Frustration should not overcome me.

Outward Bound Singapore Part 1

Okay, so i just came back from OBS. It was fantastic.

Day 1

We met up at Punggol jetty. All other schools came with buses while we Marists had to get there ourselves. Soon, we were split up into our groups. Marists in my group included Shuai Chen, Tin Jun, Matthew Lee, Brandon Hong, and last but not least, Alex Tham. I felt so left out in the whole group of Marists. They were all from UGs and ODAC, and i'm the only Student Councilor in my group. Well at least Tin Jun was my classmate and Matthew Lee was from my church. So i already knew them beforehand. Of course, our group was named 'Kurt'! Soon, we boarded the ferry and headed off to Pulau Ubin. And after all the introduction and admin, we headed to our bunks and dumped our bags there. It was a nice bunk, a pity we did not sleep there. After, we had our introduction to kayaking. I was completely new to it, but i knew it was something to enjoy, and i did! It was really great fun kayaking, i could not wait till the Sea Expedition. So after kayaking, we washed up, and learnt to pitch tents and outdoor cooking. It was my first time pitching a tent, and it was really cool, although it wasn't the night i slept in there! Outdoor cooking was also really cool. Fuel tablets, bricks, on the beach, by the sea. It was really fun. Who knew that even in outdoor cooking, the rice cooked was actually quite good. Of course, it was done by my instructor, Kiah Hong. After eating, we had to pack our bags to leave camp tomorrow. Packing was a big, big mess! I thought i was done packing the day before camp, but now i have to do it again! Thank god there's Alex there to help. He had been a really good buddy throughout the camp. So we packed our bags, and headed off into the tents we pitched earlier, near beach, to close the day. My first night in a tent! It was kinda crammed in there.

Day 2
Took down our tents, and did some last minute packing before we headed off to our second campsite. I volunteered to carry a tent since Alex and i had shared a bag to pack our stuff. The moment i took up a tent, it was pulling me down. It was really heavy! So we did a short trek to campsite 2. It did not seem short due to the bags though. Although it really was, as compared to what is to come. At campsite 2, we placed our bags under some shelter and pitched our tents in an open field! For our next activity, we did the trust fall! It was cool, having to stand up there to fall backwards, only at the mercy of your group members. It was a really fun. However, it started to drizzle. After, we had a little sharing session and also did reflections on Day 1, which was interesting to see what other people thought. Kiah Hong also introduced us to an outline of leadership and teambuilding, which was something that i will take back to MSHS.Next, our instructor decided to bring us for abseiling. So we learnt to put on our harnesses, and helmets, and headed off for some theory and practice. We saw where we were going to abseil from. It was this short cliff. It was short as compared to the others around the area, but it looked really tall when we're at the top! It rained heavier, and we had to postpone the activity, so i took a nap while waiting, and soon, someone woke me up and it was time to go abseiling! It was a long wait for all 16 of my group members to go. When it was my turn, it looked really high and i was having cold feet, but i proceeded on anyways. The rock was extremely slippery! As i was abseiling down, i slipped, and my whole body banged the rock! It was a pretty rough side too! I was however, only scarred with some small cuts on my left arm, and luckily, no bleeding. It was really fun though, abseiling down a natural terrain. Great experience there again! So after my turn, i had to wait for a couple more people. We Marists had a chat with the Greedale students, Laura and Wen Ting. It was really a good chat, talking about our own school culture and how our school system differs. Especially when it comes to our leadership roles in school. So after everyone had gone, we went to cook again! outdoor cooking once again, was really good. Although we cooked at the wrong spot and burnt a big hole of grass in the field! We patched it up the next day. We took plenty of pictures that meal. At night, there was night activity. They brought 2 groups, Kurt and Mushi (not sure how to spell) into the forest. We thought it was just some simple night walk in the forests, and when they told us to go individually to the next instructor, i never expected what was to come. I expected some night walk though the forest using the lightsticks as checkpoints, but it turned out that i was expected to crawl through some underground tunnel! Instructor Kiah Hong opened up a manhole ( i think that was what it is) and i had to go down, and crawl through! It was submerged in total darkness in that tunnel. It was really the first time i experienced that kind of darkness. It was really black, you could not even see your hand when it was right infront of you! So i had to feel my way through and did some turns, crawling slowly, at my pace, afraid that there i would bump into someone infront of me and scare the both of us. I was also really afraid of spiders and cockroaches in that tunnel! (C'mon! i hate them!) So i had to feel my way through, turning when necessary, and finnaly, reached the end when i had to go up again, feel the ladder and knock on the door and Kiah Hong opened it. Woooooo... glad that was over. So we went to the other side of the forest where we had to wait for the rest of the people. I chatted with Alex and Liyana, once again, about our school culture and academics. She was also from Greendale, and Greendale is only three years old this year! They're the pioneer batch! Wow.. you really got to admire them for coming up with the stuff to start up a school like a school pledge, song, and shirts. And that was the last activity for day 2 as we headed back off to shower and headed to our tents...

And thats it for the first 2 days! it passed really quickly and i was starting to enjoy myself, as compared to the moment i arrived! I'll continue the next 3 days on another post soon!

Dinner

So i was bored at home on a Friday.. and luckily, friends called me up for dinner. Wanted to go out for a movie but they had training. So yea.. we had dinner at chomp chomp, Serangoon Gardens. I had crayfish,stingray and carrot cake. Really gooooooooooooodddddddd............

And all of them had to go home early! damn sian.. lol. So Ben called me out for dinner too! after i had mine. lol. and i obliged and accompanied him. It was just to kill time, and to accompany a friend of mine who was probably very lonely :D haha..

At least i got smth to blog about. This saturday is becoming to be very very very boringg.. Havent eaten anything since morning and i'm rotting of boredom at home. Sigh...

Well, i got to prepare for OBS, god knows how tiring it'll be for me. :)

Mirage

Don't you ever get the feeling, when you feel you could trust and rely on someone, only to be proven wrong when you get your hopes up?

I get that too. It also isn't the first time. I'm sure people feel that way about me too, but sometimes, i just really can't get over the disappointment for some people, and i just want to vent it here now.
Its like, when promises come, and they have to break it due to circumstances. I mean, that would be fine, only IF i knew that he had fought to keep his promises. Sigh...

Maybe they were just taking advantage...

Affllicted!

Okay, so yesterday, i was at KK hospital, waiting for consultation with a doctor regarding my EEG.

I would not want to go into details about the results. But they were really not what i expected. Things are going to change. They are, however, not going to affect my decisions to what i want to do.

Nevertheless, it was shattering. My hopes almost slipped out, but at least my parents are not that overprotective, they are willing to take some risks for what i want. Things will change. Drastically.

P.S : Thanks J.K for the info.

National Young Leaders Day 08

I attended the National Young Leaders Day 2008, organised by Halogen Foundation, Singapore, held at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

It was a really sucessful event. The guest of honor was the minister of defence. All the speakers gave really really wonderful and inspirational talks. All the speakers knew what they wanted in their life, what they have found, and how they managed it. From waste management to helping people in the Phillipines. It was different, to actually hear from these people themselves, instead of just watching some charity on television. One could easily see, the PASSION, they have for what they do, and even though they're not the wealthiest, i still envy them, somehow...someway. They claim the joy they get from just helping the poor, or making change to the environment, outweighs everything else, luxury doesn't matter anymore.

Among those speakers, there was Nick. He had no arms, or legs. When they turned on the lights after a short movie clip, there he was, sitting, or standing, on the table on stage. His speech was the one that struck the whole audience. He was without arms and legs, and he could joke about how he uses they to scare people. Like his friends putting him in the luggage compartment area on a plane, and how he scares people when people opens them. And like how he freaks little kids out. Yet, he could speak so confidently, as though as his disability did not matter. It was really motivating, looking at someone like him, crippled, and yet, happiness was earned by him, based on his own merit. It made me feel as if I was in no position to complain about what I am unhappy with. Its also from him, that i had this blog title. Purpose - Meaning - Hope. With a purpose, your life has meaning, and with meaning, hope shines. Lack purpose in your life and lose the other 2 attributes.

I have brought away things with this conference. It made me reflect again, what am I really doing with my life now, when I'm young and capable of so much more. How i could be the one, making a difference to another, for the better. Or even simply improving myself this holiday. Do i want to just play a computer game and waste it all, and when i look back on what i have done for the 6 weeks, there really isn't anything to look back on.

I thought of possibilities this conference. Is there an alternative to my ambition( becoming a lecturer)? I saw videos on how people made differences to people's life. It just seemed like the only thing that you could do for yourself, is to do something good for someone else. Wouldn't it be great, if you could be that change in someone else's life? Or be that inspiration, and hope, for another?