... Praise the Lord! I finally passed my speedboat test after 3 attempts... Thank the Lord for the clear and calm weather today...

Actually this morning, when over to meet my leader, Wee Leong over at Seng Kang... have a long talk over breakfast and discuss some of the plans for the whole year. What is my focus right now at this point of time. Which aspects of my life I need to improve in or work out wif. Had a wonderful time, sharing my concerns and conditon of my heart. Then we ended of the session with prayer. He also prayed for me on my speedboat test this afternoon without me initating it. Praise the Lord for this man's heart... A person whom I ought to look up to... having to juggling so many things in life... having a loving wife with 2 little beautiful daughters and 1 boy on the way... Yet he is still willing to meet up with me to help me to grow to be more Christ-liked.

Come home straight to have my lunch and a bit of rest before going for the test.

Headed to the test site with a more calm and relaxed heart.

My name was first called... my heart was pumping again... filled in my particluars in the test form and waited anxiously for my 3rd attempt. Climbed down the ladder to the vessel. Do the normal routine equipments and safety checks... Started the engine and loosen the ropes. She was ready to embark to the open sea. I was able to control her. Going to whether direction required. Rescued man overboard was executed brilliantly. However, when I return to park her... the wave from my astern(backside) of her hit hard on her... causing her to bang onto the jetty hard... thanked God it wasn't a collision. If not, I would have to come back for the 4th attempt... ha ha ha.

Overall, my performance was pretty good. Waited for the tester to completed testing the rest of the testee before proceed to the oral test. I did quite ok for it except for some minor mistakes...

"Well done!" , exclaimed the tested and he handle me a A4 form for me to filled my particulars. FYI, if you given a sheet of paper which is half of A4, or I think B5 paper... it means "Please come back again. You need more practise."

My heart was pumping again. This time round is with excitment not with anxiety. Praise the Lord.

Oh yeah need to get my photos taken. Got to sumbit 2 recent photos. Good oso I can used these photos for my renewal fo my licence in June.

One wishlist cancelled out from my list. Now, I can concentrate on my Class 2A licence which I put on hold since last year July. I missed my Traffic Police test, thus failed the test. Need to go and practise on saturdays to familiarise the test route again and all the obstacles courses.

Class 2A here I come...

...having a headache now~! *Argh...!!!* Overworked.. perhaps. Hopeful, this headache will go off before I knock off from work. Want to go down to the IT show later wif some of frens to check out laptops. Contemplating to get one for my studies...

Still think do I need one actually... hmm well, can still go there and see see look look.

Could control my desire anymore... went online and surf to the MOE website to apply for a post in teaching. I tried to apply again this year before my PPT expiry next year Mar. Hopeful I get in this year... If not I will off form to do physical education.

Still have not given up my hope on teaching... even though I know I competing wif a great pool of people rushing into teaching because of job stability.

Seriously, I hope the economy will pick up and people will not going into teaching like 5 years ago. Personally, I quite saddened by the fact that teaching is no longer because of passion rather it's job security.

Recently, talk to my brother in Christ... he just passed his EPT and will be applying teaching too. Dawn, a fellow blogger she oso applied for teaching...

Talking about Dawn, I had the privilege to interact wif tis fine lady over the icq and to my pleasant surprised... she shared wif me alot of common friends. Most of the people she mentioned I know them... izzit scary that S'pore is such a small country that you have some many common friends.

She(Dawn) is one of those gals I noe which loved outdoor sport. Well done, Dawn~!

I used to be an outdoor person... when I was relief teaching. Having quite a tan... enjoying being outdoor. Now I dun have a sun to accompany me... rather lighttube to radiate onto me to give me a perfect white skin... *boring*

Nevertheless, I am still thankful for the Lord for providing me this job... Even since, I left army I din have to look very hard for a job... from relief teaching in my former sch to another sch then to my current job. Hopefully, God will provide me the teaching job this time round to fulfil my dream.

"Class stand~!"

"Good Morning, Mr Tan~!"

"Good Morning, class. Please sit down and turn to page XX of your textbook."

... starting to get bored with my current job... nothing more for me to learn... I guess i'm really not a typical guy who enjoy a desk bounded job... working from 8:30am ~ 6:00pm. Waiting for the money to be banked in, and sit there and be contented.

I still longed to go back to teaching... rushing from classroom to classroom. Never at my desk. Interacting with my students and teaching them... Seeing the current economic situation... I doubt I will be able to get into NIE again. Haiz. Everyone is rushing into teaching because it a golden rice bowl. Not because they a have passionate to teach rather to secure a comfortable figure in their bank account...

Maybe I should try to apply again this year for teaching post. At least there is no harm trying since I have a perm job now... if I get in it will be a bonus, if not I still have my job to fall on to...

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