i dun think i have the energy to blog abt student camp. i cant really rmb all the details too. but i have something impt to blog about today and this shall serve as a reminder for me whatever i do in the future.
before my decision on going to ntu. i was stuck with a dilemma. typical singaporean me applied for 3 unis. haha. and got accepted by ntu and smu. smu was kinda out of the question cos i knew i wasnt going to do business. meanwhile, i applied for nus undergraduate scholarships. nus scholarships dun require u to serve bond so it was like a dough hanging for a lot of people. i applied for it anyway, after the boost in confidence my results gave me. after few weeks, i heard from many people that the interview had begun and i wasnt called up. some were even confirmed already. so naturally i thought i didnt stand any chance already. by then, people were getting their admission package from nus and i didnt! so i resolved it and decided maybe i should go ntu instead. its far more attractive than what nus can offer.
so one fine day, nus called me to go down for an interview. at that point i was like thinking wah lao.. not as if my grades v bad, people grades not as good as me also get package liao why i must interview. but still, i happily went for the interview and guess what, it was the interview for the scholarship. i didnt even know can. until i was right in front of the dean's office then i was told that its a scholarship interview. so anyway i sat through the interview. they asked me interesting qns and i did mention of the fact taht i was considering ntu as well. at the end of the interview, i did not give them an answer as to whether i would enrol in nus or ntu. but i knew after the interview that, i would have a tough time deciding where to go if nus gives me the $. but i wasnt really bothered.
i waited for a few weeks before i actually decided that im going to ntu cos nus is not going to give me money and the course in ntu is far more attractive. so i logged on to the system and indicated my choice of the ntu course. it was 30th may when i did that adn i had to decide by 2 june whether im confirming that course. just when i decided, my mum came back with a big huge brown envelope from nus. i knew at that moment this was going to be bad. and i was right. nus offered me their faculty award, which exempts me from me tuition fees PLUS 3.6k every year. tempting right? i calculated and the whole award totals up to about 30+k in value. i was in such a fix!
called up probably the whole world for GUIDANCE. hahaha. ultimately i made my decision. why? because i realised 2 things from everyone i talked to (now if u werent reading the whole chunk above, heres the place u should open ur eyes.)
1. Money isnt everything. Just honour God in whatever you do, and God will honour you. Jehovah-Jireh. He is the God who provides.2. I believe God has given me this choice and no matter what is my decision at the end, God will still bless me and the path i have taken, as long as i continue to be a living witness for Christ and live His will for me :)so brothers and sister who are or will be facing this kind of dilemma, do consider who God is, the God who provides. :)
Something i saw from an entry a year ago:
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps"
-Proverbs 16:9
If men make God's glory thier end, and his will their rule, He will direct their steps by His spirit and grace.
12:20 AM
blessed.
