A special note to the DC ZETA crew: sorry for not being able to reply to all your IMs. If you see me online and don't reply to your messages, it's not because I don't like you ok? Lol! I'll try to cover as much as I can on blog posts so you all can know how I'm doing. Thanks for understanding. :o)

I had a good weekend. On Saturday I was at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to catch Ps. Benny Hinn's healing service. Stood in line at 5:30pm and got caught in the rain! Needless to say I have found how useful a small folding umbrella is (shared one with a church member) and have since bought my own. The queue was a long one. Took about an hour to get in; by that time my back and the lower half of my jeans was soaked. Good thing the stadium was not too cold! The healing service is something to remember. Saw people walking after being wheelchair bound for years, and other miracles. I was caught up in an extraordinary atmosphere of worship, it was really good.

On Sunday I moved in to my new place! I have a room to myself - wonderful! Also spent the day with Cynthia and Melvin Yap and bought a few things (Sigg bottle, Crumpler bag). I was really blessed by this couple, and loved staying over at their place. Btw, Chubby the Shizu is their dog.

Yesterday (Monday) was orientation day at school. My intake is quite big with 460 students in all. We were divided into 20 'duty groups' of 20+ students, where each group is supposed to take 1 week of classroom set up and cleaning duties. My group is the first one, and has a mix of really easy going people. Ages range from early 20s to late 50s.

Orientation was fun but really tiring. It was an Amazing Race style of game where each team had to complete tasks all over Singapore. We went from West to East and ended South... literally moved around more than half the country! Took us 8 hours to finish. Had a steamboat dinner and prize giving at the end.

I had two regrets though. One was that I didn't bring my camera (ouch!!!). Second, I brought my school stuff in my new Crumpler sling bag... which I didn't need at all. About 10kg of dead weight on either shoulder for hours on end. It was tough going, felt like the last trek we did to Kaiduan in December '06.

Today (Tuesday) classes began in earnest. My group is on duty this week. This means I need to arrive at school by 8 a.m. Which also means I need to leave the house by 6:45 a.m. My journey begins on foot with a 15 minute brisk walk to the bus terminal and then an hour by bus. I could take the MRT, when but when factored in the feeder bus journey it came to the same travel time.

This post is a personal best for me in terms of word count! I'll go back to photoblogging tomorrow, as I'll be bringing my camera to school for the first time. Take care everyone, God bless!