7 Quick Takes Friday - vol.40

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I'm very grateful that I took a very detail notes about my internship in India three years ago. When I was copied my notes about my trip to Udaipur in this blog, I still felt the excitement of staying in Udaipur even though it was only for one night. Surprisingly, suddenly I also received an invitation for a gathering of NOC India alumni (NUS Overseas College - the entrepreneurship program that I joined in 2011) next Thursday. I'm looking forward to meeting them again!! =)

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My boyfriend shared with me this video about body language.

The reason he sent me this video was firstly, he studies animal behavior, particularly animal communication, so this video inspired him to do a better research. Secondly, I often used that phrase "I'm not supposed to be here" or "it's not me" every time he suggested something good for me =P

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Yesterday I attended a Mass in honor of St. Josemaria Escriva. The celebrant, Archbishop William Goh, gave a very beautiful homily on marriage and family. It was really beautiful. Quoting St. Josemaria, he reminded us about the importance of building friendship with children and helping children to be virtuous children. Umm, I know, it sounds cliche and common thing to be told for parents, but seriously, in Singapore the problem of high competition among young children (or parents?) and over-enthusiastic parents to make sure their kids get all As and "well-rounded" (equal to sending them to many tuition classes and enrichment centres) has pushed the agenda to help children to be virtuous to the bottom of priority list.

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Currently reading:



A good reminder of prayer, spirit of poverty, detachment, and mortification =)

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This Sunday will be my first training to prepare my body (and to practice perseverance) for the Way of Santiago in September!

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Two weeks ago, my friends invited a counselor and a lecturer to share about the most frequently asked question: to work or to pursue further study?

It's very comforting to know that there will never be "too late" for a further study. The current trend of pursuing graduate study immediately upon graduation without knowing why we do it, unlike those who have decided to be an academia, has created a little bit of anxiety or fear in me sometimes. The question that I often get is "When are you doing Master's?" rather than "What do you want to specialize in?" or "What's your career plan?", which I think an important question that I need to answer before pursuing graduate study.

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I know it's a bit too late to share about this, but I can't help it! Last month my friends invited the author of Star Sapphire to share about her story as a novelist. This book won a High Commendation Award from the Book Development Council in 1986. It turns out that the author was a legionary (member of Legion of Mary) before! I was really amazed by her apostolate as she shared with us how she exchanged letter with her favorite author (sorry I forgot the name!) who was a lapse-Catholic. This lady even sent a Miraculous Medal to this guy (truly Legionary!). My first thought when I was listening to her was, "I should tell this story to my friends in Legion of Mary!" I don't know how to describe it, but there is this zeal of doing apostolate whenever and wherever she is (even through her novel), which I think is really a mark of a Legionary =) I will share with you about the novel after I finish reading it ^^



More quick takes at Jen's blog! =)