Jarod Yong

My university life in Victoria University has finally come to an end with the completion of today's exam. In a months time, I'll be on a plane leaving this city I've grown to love & appreciate... ~~~ What Did I Plan To Do this Year? Have I Done It? My goals for NZ 2007: - complete a North Island tour - complete my degree courses - have more wasabi - up my contribution in church - take my relationship with my Lord Jesus to a deeper level - speak Japanese fluently (for a foreigner, of course) - do more one-off jobs to enrich my experience - make the best of the time i have left! RED: I have always had it in my heart to dig in deeper with my saviour but somehow never got around to doing it. I'm just going with the flow... but I know in my heart that I want to know Him so much more... This recap is a good reminder that I should start today & I will! YELLOW: I am able to speak some basic Japanese & pronounce some words close to native-like b...

Last week, for 5 days, I was at Tawa College for school obsevations. My final school observation in NZ. This time around I decided to proactively interact with students in the classes I observed... Often helping the teacher with answering questions students had while they were doing exercises as well as positioning myself near students that were being disruptive. Let me give you some highlights of my week there. I found a very special disruptive student... I was following this year 9 class that day & it was a class with hyperactive & noisy students... Throughout the day, in all the classes, the boys would be noisy & attempt to disrupt the lesson with pointless questions & quarreling with each other... During one of the last lessons of the day, a Mathematics lesson, I decided to sit beside the noisiest boy. He was mostly quiet during my stay; which was good. But most surprisingly, when everyone was told to do exercises from a workbook, he finished all of it ...

Miss Leow was an amazing lecturer in IPBA who is as cunning as a fox but as innocent as a dove... hehe... I adore her! I want my future wife to have some of her attributes! She inspires her students with her positive outlook, wisdom & cunning when dealing with "problem" students. I remember many many funny stories! hehehe... She is also an advocate for the Christians on campus. She is a shoulder to lean on for each of us & she also oversees the IPBA ChristianFellowship. The CF has had a profound impact on my life. The relationships I built in the CF edified by faith & inspired me to draw closer to God. I have also served regularly in the CF & found truth in the saying "it is more blessed to give, than recieve." She is truely one of the many people in my life worth remembering & paying tribute to! A few weeks ago, I was invited by my senior, Nicholas , to produce a 1 minute video that will be put into a DVD that will be presented to ...

As many of you would know, through my spamming of MSN & YM... Last weekend, I had small slots for performances during both the Mooncake Festival Celebration by Arise Church International Lifegroup & the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration by the Chinese Students' Association. 中秋节 Mooncake Festival Celebration by Arise Church International Lifegroup This event was a huge success due to the large turnout & awesome blessing from above! Internationals from all over the world & even some kiwis turned up for this event. I was there to set the place up & found it a gigantic challenge because most of the sound equipment was missing but God was good... In the end, we were able to make the best of our limited equipment & there was miraculous provision for missing essential equipment! **sigh of relief** The trademark of international lifegroup events has always been the generous amount of good multi-cultural food! That night did not lack in amazing mul...