Hall

First of all, thanks GOD for all the "fun" things happened today. (Don't ask about this. I'll never ever answer you. Haha.)

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As what I have promised yesterday, I will give you a story about Hall.

I live in a hall named TEMASEK Hall, often abbreviated as TH. NUS has 6 Halls of Residence inside the KENT RIDGE Campus, TH is one of them. (Tommorow I'll tell you about NUS Campus) My hall is famous for its sports activities.

Every year, NUS have a yearly event named Inter Hall Games (IHG). Hall has to play against other Hall in several sports events. The winner of most games named as the IHG winner. TH has participated in 19 IHGs so far, and win 16 of it. What a record!

Video Production Unit, VPU, the CCA I joined in, have the job to record the event and archive the tape for next year team, so the junior can see and learn from the past, and also get the spirit of sportsmanship.

Next, in Hall, we have some friendship activities. All of this activities have to be recorded as the database about Hall life. First, the biggest event "Dinner and Dance" (DnD), where the Hall's King and Queen are selected. Before DnD, we have Bash, the nomination of Hall's King and Queen. Then we have Block Theme Night, the inter block cooking competition. Then Freshmen Orientation Project, two weeks of games and fun. Formal Dinner, not an usual dinner. And still a lot of non-routine activities.

And "RAG and FLAG". RAG is an Inter Hall competition. Each hall have to make a moveable giant object on a truck from useless things such as can and bottle. FLAG is a social event when all Hall residents go to the road and ask charity from people.

You see that there's a lot of things happen in the hall.

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TH Anthem

We are the Temasek family
Together we're making history
Together we're reaching for the sky
No river too deep nor mountain high

Stand tall for Temasek Hall
Full of the spirit that binds us all
As one big family
There's no other place that we rather be

We raise our voices high in song
Temasek is where we all belong
Proud of this Hall we called our own
Some called it a hostel we called it home

I like the TH Anthem. There's a funny story about this song.

On the Orientation week, we learn this song. I'm so excited when hearing this song. Later, when I was doing RAG, I sing this song again and again until my friends sitting beside me asked me to change the song. I sing the Anthem again, but change the singing style. The original one was march beat, while I sing it as a jazz swing song. You know what my friends said then? "You'd better join NUS Choir". And I did. Haha.

The part of the song I like most is the last sentence, "Some called it a hostel we called it home." So touching.

I think that's enough for today. Forgive my broken English, and keep waiting for my next post. Bye!

Just another day of recess week

Okay, today is just another day of recess week. There's nothing special. Haha.

So, today I will tell you about co-curricular activities I joined in. When I join a co curricular activity, I get CCA points. I need points to keep staying in the Hall. If you get too small amount of points, you will be kicked out from the Hall and stay outside the campus. Then, if you stayed outside the campus, first the accomodation cost will be higher. Then you also have to spend more money on transportation. So, for me, it's better to stay in the Hall.

First, I have already told you that I join NUS Choir. (See here).

I also join the Temasek Hall Video Production Unit, abbreviated as TH VPU. This committee is from my own hall, aimed to record all the happenings in the hall. (I will tell you in the next post about my hall and I will point out what things need to be recorded). The VPU, Audio Crew, Web Team, and Photographer united as the "Tech Crew". I am the ninth generation of Tech Crew.

Next, I also join the Exxon Mobil Campus Crew. This committee is from the NUS Center For Arts (CFA). The crew's job is to organize a free Campus Concert sponsored by Exxon Mobil. (Now you know why we're called as "Exxon Mobil Campus Crew").

I also get points from stage performance. I will be performing in next year PINUS NUANSA. PINUS stands for Perhimpunan Indonesia NUS (Indonesian Community in NUS) and NUANSA stands for NUS dan Indonesia (NUS and Indonesia). NUANSA is a yearly PINUS production.

Oh ya, one more thing. I also join the interim sports committee. As the interim member, we organize the Inter Block Games last month. The games is over and the committee is already dismissed.

That's all for today. Bye.

PS: I try my best to write the whole blog in English. Sorry for my broken English. Haha.

Tidur 3 jam

Setelah nulis blog gua kemaren, gua mencoba untuk tidur. Nyatanya, gua gak bisa tidur sampe jam 6 pagi. Gua udah pikir, bakal bangun siang lagi. Ternyata, gua bisa bangun jam 9 pagi. Emang ada acara sih jam 10. Jadi jam 9 pagi bangun dan langsung pergi.

Seharian ini gua ngerjain salah satu tugas gua. Masih lama sih dikumpulinnya, cuma gua udah mulai nyicil aja dari sekarang. Biar nanti gak repot lah. Enak jadinya.

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Satu lagi yang jadi pemikiran gua sepanjang hari ini.

Sedari pagi, ada satu pertanyaan yang terngiang di benak gua. "Siapa bilang lu gak perlu masalah?"

Pas gua baca alkitab pagi ini, gua menemukan bahwa masalah itu yang membuat kita makin dekat sama TUHAN, makin setia dan percaya padaNYA.

Kayak gua lah. Semenjak gua punya masalah sama tidur, setiap malem gua sebelum tidur pasti berdoa. Pokok doanya cuma satu: biar bisa bangun besok pagi. Dan doa yang sama itu yang selalu gua ucapin setiap malam.

Dan ketika pagi ini bisa bangun, gua menyadari bahwa TUHAN emang punya rencana yang baik bagi hidup gua. Dia bisa bangunin gua tepat waktu dan gak kesiangan. Emang dahsyat TUHAN. DIA emang gak ada tandingannya. Uncomparable GOD.



"TUHAN, aku mau tidur malam ini. Bangunkan aku besok pagi jam 7 dengan kekuatan yang baru yang engkau berikan padaku. Amin."