A Psalm for Students

We're studying some of the Psalms in our Sacred Literature class and yesterday, before the teacher excused us, she passed a handout to the five of us. It was "A Psalm For Students" by Steven M. Zeimis.

A Psalm For Students

The Lord is my teacher; I shall not sleep.
He makes me stay awake in my studies all night;
He leads me from page to page.
He restores my sanity;
He guides me in the path of consciousness.
For my grades' sake.
Even though I grow weary in the shadow of books,
I fear no test, for thou art with me.
The rod and Thy staff, they keep jabbing me.
Thou wilt prepare a test for me
in the presence of my classmates.
Thou hast crammed my mind with knowledge;
My eyelid overlap.
Surely a good grade and
a kind teacher will follow me after the test,
Or I will dwell in the class forever.

Have a Happy Sabbath everyone :D

What a day!

4th time in 3 years! How's that? Yes. Another minor motorbike accident. Haha! What a way to end the day huh? At first, everything was okay - making sandwiches, playing with clay, English Department party - and then, coming back from one of the faculty's house...slow motion - c...r...a...s...h...two of us facing the ground, and the other facing the sky. Silence. A few seconds later, it began to make sense. We just crashed to the ground - in slow mo. Nobody got seriously hurt though. I got a cut on my wrist, the middle person got a scratch on the knee and the third person was scratch-free. Phew~! We were laughing like crazy over the incident. It was embarassing in a way. I think they guys who were playing football at the field saw the whole thing - haih...malu...malu - i think 4 guys came over in two bikes to see whether we were okay, of course we were, in fact we were laughing! The bike? Hmm. Not much damage, just a few scratches, luckily. If not, I'm dead.


The cut on my wrist that showed a bit of the inside flesh. Hehe.

Oh, and I just spotted a bruise on my right thigh. It's black and ugly, luckily it will be covered when I walk outside. My left shoulder and arm hurts. My left foot hurts. Yeah. That's the addition to the cut on my right wrist. And it's hard to type because of the cut.

I managed to get two papers done! Yays! (Hehe. Lyndelle, aku mencuri dulu perkataan terkenal awak :D) Op-ed for Journalistic Writing done - wrote about Women's Rights. Haha! BS pun BS lah, asalkan dah siap. Hehe. Just finished Assignment # 7 for Sacred Literature - a paper on analyzing one of the Biblical tragedies - my paper was on the tragedy of Samson. Really, studying the Bible in the literature perspective is interesting! Now we are studying the Psalms, and it's actually syok! Not that I am interested into changing my major to Theology, but we study Biblical narratives, Biblical heroes, Biblical tragedies, and the Psalms in a different way that the theologians study up the hill. Hehe.

This morning I got the chance to chat with one of the cousins that I'm close to (who is currently 'stuck' in Penang...hehe) and she informed me of one great news! Another anak buah is on the way in about 7 1/2 months! Hehe. It's not hers, but her sister. :D Yays!

Now, what should I do? Hmm. Sleep or ...? I don't know. I guess I better give myself a little bit of rest so that tonight I'll be able to finish other assignments.

Yays! :D

Today is good ... so far.

What made my day today?

One and only reason - receiving an email from my favourite cousin and the best thing is, she sent pictures of the kids!!! Hehe. I always get excited when I receive emails from Kakak Tuti, especially when she attaches pictures of her kids! Man, the kids have grown since I last saw them (on pictures only of course, how sad can that be?). I haven't seen her for years, and when they went back 2 years ago, I wasn't there, I was stuck here and couldn't go back!! Tyler's 3-years-old(I think), Brianna's 2-years-old and I think Peyton is just entering 3 months :D


Brianna with her Daddy (she's grown so much!!)


Brianna with her Mommy (me cousin :D)


Tyler with Mommy (he's getting taller!!)


Tyler and Daddy (look at the 'drawing' on the wall, Tyler punya kerja kah tu Kakak Tuti? Hehe)


...and that's little Peyton! Getting chubbier each day, right?

And that's all for today.

:D

Today...

Today, four months ago, I lost a dear cousin to Thalassaemia.

Today, I had a midterm exam for my Sociolinguistic class...and I think I just failed the exam.

Today, choir was okay.

Today, the weather is a little hotter!

Today will not end without me doing something educational. I hope.

Today, today, today...

Today...

I forced myself to wake up at 7.30 a.m. after a late night's sleep for two reasons: 1) to wash the piled-up clothes in my basket and 2) to go to library and at least finish doing my journals.

So far...I'm done with washin my clothes, and I hope that it won't rain today. And, I'm in the library, taking a break from writing journals.

I just read my cousin's blog, and I'm happy to read that she's now single but not available (as she puts it:)) - she's engaged! Congratulations, Kakak Bibi! :D:D:D

Just a while ago, I took time to read the daily mails I receive from MountainWings.com. It's really inspirational and there were a lot of times when those mails came just at the right time to help me get through the day. Here's one:

If I Can Smile...
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I am listening to The Stroke Song again after 30 or so times.

I'm singing with the song like I'm in church, adding the amen's,and hallelujahs. I know it's not a gospel song as we know it,but it is good news. Here's why:

I have a trained musical ear so when I listen to music, I heareverything, the instrumentals, the harmony, everything, SUPERB!

And it hit me while listening to the song about the 10th time,if the person is not having a stroke, then at least they smiled,which is always good. Next they acknowledged that it's asunny day outside, even when it is raining or at night, it'salways a sunny day (perspective). Finally, raise your hands in praise, submission and surrender.

Maybe, that's why the song has a gospel feel to it to me.

I want to always be able to smile and if I can smile,I can laugh.

I want to always know that it's a sunny day outside.No matter what's going on in my life or around me, it's a sunnyday, even at night.

And I want to always be able to praise God, and thank Him,surrender my life to him and give up my will for His Will.

THANK YOU

~A MountainWings Original by Wesley Shorter, Fayetteville, GA~

It's 12.23 p.m. and I think I have taken a break long enough for me to get back in the mood of doing my journals, as well as other assignments.

The last week had been a stressful week for me, and I hope that this new week will be better than last week.