Wednesday, March 02, 2005
The twist and turn
Was sharing with 2 ex-students about the twist and turn of life. There are some truth when you think of O level result. We sometime think that what we are going through will change our life forever. And sometime it is true. There are moments that are of eternal impact. Marriage for example has very much impact. Yet there are also things that you dun see or never expect.
1984 was the year I rec my O level results. I never never thot I would be a teacher. I was timid then, stage fright, dare not talk infront crowd etc. I would never thot of being a teacher. Ask my form-teacher and she would tell you so. Wait.. may be she couldn't even remember me since I was such a low low profile person. If I stand beside a plant, you most likely can hear the plant breath and not me.... haha.
After my Os i got into JC cos I had only one goal... be a doctor. JC I took triple science. Which was really tough and in retrospect, I shd kept to 3 As. Anyway, as much as my handwriting resemble the doc handwriting I din get in. So I was determined to be a science student and to be a researcher would be my career. I was planning to be in the Biotech field (life science is not the buzz word then). I worked hard, did well for my third and enter my honours year. I could cont to aim for M.Sc and then PhD. But during my honours year, where I got chance to really do research, I realise that researcher is not my cup of tea. I can't imagine facing test-tube and Bunsen burner most of the time. And... my colleague would probably whole time talking abut DNA, RNA, enzyme blah blah. And while I was serving as Sunday School Teacher, I realised God gave me the talent of connecting with youth and made corny jokes. I could made plain lesson less plain. I also gained confident in speaking to crowd when I served as MCyee for church functions and as camp commandent of leadership camp of Campus Crusade for Christ. In fact, I tried preaching too... so you noe why I am so 'preachy'.
So I then decide to apply to teach and mould life *_^. But contrary to so many ppl telling me that guy sure can get it. I could only enter teaching on my third try. God has other plan. He taught me to be humble, prayerful and patient in waiting for Him. I had to gt ajob, so I tried relief teaching for half a year. Most enriching. Was not an easy school to teach so it was a good training. Love the students so much I remember at the end, I went to 3 chalets within 2 weeks. Back to Back. those were my young days.
I later went on to work in PA. I learnt to work with adults and difficult people. God taught to know how to work with influential people like MP and CEO and grassroot leaders. Most importantly, I got to know my wife there. :P
Well finally I am into teaching. Happily at Ghim Moh for 3.5 years. Then I was uprooted to got MOE HQ, against my will! But God enriched me further. Being from the hard sciences, God exposed me to the softer sciences when I posted to Pastoral Care and Career Guidance Branch at MOE HQ. Enjoyed the learning.
Here i am... :-)
So while you think hard about the choices, be mindful God's way is higher than yours and you never know what you would be 20 years down the road. You may be studying engineering but end up as director of company. You may be choosing science but later a model, artist, etc.
What is important, enjoy living and be a blessing too.
Praying for you.
tse horng blogged at 4:10 AM
