Back from a spiritually and emotionally refreshing SMUCF camp! Have to say I really enjoyed it, the people, fellowship, games, messages. All were wonderfully planned by the Planning Comm (thanks Kenji and Co.!) Twas held at the LKCSB, our messages were held in a SR, group discussions were at various GSRs, and we had separate sleeping rooms fer guys and gals in 2 different CRs. (haha, unique acronyms for SMU rooms!)

Justus, Celest, and myself made up a strong contingent from FERC! (Enoch joined us for day 2). But there were many others from various churches and denominations, ranging from the BP churches to the Charismatics to those who had not attended a church service before (hooray to Xing Yan!)

Click through to read about the highlights of the camp!

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Remember the Human Mirror video I posted about a month back?

That act was arranged by Improv Everywhere, a group based in New York City, USA.

I was browsing through some of their other “missions” and came upon this which I really liked.

Now I am a huge fan of musicals, I really like the choreography, costumes, and spontaneous singing which blend together real well in the best musicals. So this “mission” was something I really liked as I watched it, and I really wish it could be brought right here to Singapore!

Mission: Food Court Musical
Have a group of “agents” spontaneously break out into song in the middle of a Los Angeles food court, while using video cameras to tape the reactions of astounded customers nearby.

Click through to view the video!

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Finally, I am an SMU undergraduate, majoring in Economics.

After 3 years of pre-school, 6 years of primary education, 4 years of secondary school, 2 years of junior college, and 1 year 10 months of serving my country in the National Service, I have arrived at this very important stage in my life: tertiary education.

Economics at SMU, Part 1 - Econs??? Never!!!
I did not once think throughout my secondary education and junior college days that I would be majoring in Economics.

In secondary school, at ACS(I), I had studied:

• English
• Chinese
• Elementary Mathematics
• Advanced Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Geography
• Literature
• Social Studies

In junior college, at ACJC, my subjects were:

• General Paper
• Chinese
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Project Work

So nopes, no Econs anywhere. In fact, I had not wanted to take Econs in JC, despite much advice to the contrary, for the following reasons:

• I felt I was a Science person
• Taking Econs would have meant dropping one of the three Sciences (dropping Mathematics, such a core subject, is a big no-no). I wanted to keep my options open with regards to choice of courses in university.
• Not taking Econs at JC level was not much of a disadvantage as an introductory economics course at tertiary level would cover all the JC content within a semester. Furthermore, tertiary economics, involving much more maths, was much different to that taught at JC level.

Instead, I opted, and was accepted, for a new course, Engineering Science, that was to be offered at NUS. I felt that Physics had always been my strongest suit and it was only natural for me to progress in that direction.

Click through to continue reading about what influenced my decision to change course, and also my thoughts about Matriculation Day, an important step in my SMU journey!

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In a women’s softball college game in the USA, 2 teams fighting for the lead in their regional league (which would qualify the team for a place in the national championships) met in a crucial game.

What happened during that game might well qualify as one of the greatest sportmanship (or should that be sportswomanship?) gestures of all time.

Click through to view this video which left me on the verge of tears… I was truly touched.

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