A day in Jo-Ying's lab

Hello everyone!

What better way to spend Hari Raya than to visit Joanne in the lab?

(actually i was so bored i had nothing better to do la)

But it was a super eye opener when i went down on Thursday..

A little bit of an intro.. Her project is on porcine coronary arteries.. (if you didn't know what that meant then it doesn't really matter so never mind.. there are pictures)


Firstly.. the lab..

















Next, the scientist in action.. She's handling some tubes...

















Starting with the heart...
















Digging in to get the artery..































Cutting away the fat around the artery..
















And we have... ONE ARTERY!!!!!!
















Holy cow imagine doing that for five hearts, excising two arteries per heart...

I am definitely glad i have my equations instead..

Deeper reflections

To be very honest I've been thinking about relationships.. And I guess you could call it girl-crazy but thats not really the point.. Its not about girls.. Its more about ME.

Yup! I get to be self centred here.. But my reflections have been on a few things..

Whether i think i need a 'person'.. The answer is yes.

Whether i'm ready for a 'person'.. The answer is no.

Why I'm not ready.. The answers are numerous.

How to be ready.. The answer is God.

Indeed, only God can fix me. I will walk with that limp. I will see things around me and get affected by that scar. I will cry when I need to. I will cry knowing He is near, and that He holds me close. And I will continually give up what I need to.

Psa 147:1-4
(1) Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming.
(2) Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
(3) He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
(4) He appoints the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

Post-camp reflections

We broke camp yesterday.. and there were some disappointments, also some causes for celebration..

I sound emo because i AM emo.. so... yeah..

I served as mentor for my group.. I'm just glad to say that I tried my best to explain what I could.. I saw that the things I bothered to sit down and think through before, all came in useful in teaching..

And not only in teaching.. When I was revising through my reflection session for day 1.. I realised that the Scriptures I was looking through.. some seemed familiar.. some seemed unfamiliar..

All of them ministered to me..

So once again I think i was blessed in that..

As for disappointments.. I think I have shared enough about them to certain people who need to hear them.. So those will be past me..



Something that will stick to me is Pastor Ronald Yow's first message.. On Genesis 32:22-32..

Jacob changed his grip. He realised his wives would not help, his sons would not help, his livestock would not help. He was going to face his brother the next morning, whom he had stolen a birthright from. He took that time alone and he sought God.

Jacob changed his name. Through wrestling with God all night, God gave Jacob a new name. No longer a liar, no longer a thief.. But now he was Israel, the first of a nation. That new name reflected a change in character..

Jacob changed his walk. No longer would he walk in the same way.. He gained that limp.. But he had that new name..

On the third point, something came to me.. It seemed that Jacob was.. scarred.. somehow.. He won that exchange.. but he had that scar.. He had a permanent limp.


How many of us know we have to face that Esau sooner or later? How many of us know that we have to do it sooner or later but have no guts to do it? How many of us know God's direction but are reluctant to move ahead?

Like I said I'm feeling kinda emo.. so there..

Still deep in thought.. So will appreciate any prayers..

Passport : Children's Camp 2007

I miss my kids!!!!!!

For those who don't know.. I went to help out in Children's Camp straight after my exams, and man it was a blast!

I seriously didn't quite feel like going.. I kinda wanted a break, and being put as a group leader in the camp didnt' seem like a very comfortable spot..

But i went.. and got to know my little team of leaders and shepherds.. and the kids are absolutely amazing in so many diverse ways..






























Teaching children is really a test of how well you know your stuff.. I feel you don't really know your stuff unless you can explain it in terms other people can understand.. and who better to test explanations on than younger children? (I should refrain from the word 'kids' cause my p6 kids don't really like being called kids anymore haha)

I realise i am not being very.. focused on the things i bring up here, but its either my sleep deprivation during the camp, or my current sleep debt thats messing up my brain now.. so you'll all just have to bear with me for now..

There was one evening.. where the camp speaker Andrew asked the children to come up to their teachers and pray for them..

I wish I could put into words what i felt when they prayed for me.. The sincerity they showed in those simple prayers..

More than tongue can tell.

I left the camp having received more than I gave..

(AND WE WON BEST PERFORMANCE MUAHAHAHA)

Yes.. so i strongly encourage everyone in YPM to consider helping in CM camps..

Mel

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