Well well well.. what a hectic week that has passed!
1 workshop, 3 assignments, 1 tutorial presentation, and 1 Discovery group to lead! Phew! Thank God I'm still sane!
Explains why I slept so much whole day yesterday.. didn't get up till almost 10am, went back to sleep slightly after breakfast, and after lunch, and went to bed at 10:30pm! hahaa... how i love just not needing to do anything but relax!
I must confess that I skipped one 3-hour lecture this week - Old Testament unit on Job & Ecclesiastes.. felt bad, but was struggling to finish up my 3000 word essay.. which I managed to pull through with only 2600 words. Oh well..
Workshop for the OCF local committee didn't go as well as wanted to, was rather nervous and ranted off at top speed!
Tutorial presentation - was on the topic of "feminist theology".. really interesting though.. key lesson learnt is that we can be so influenced by our culture, tradition, even our gender in the way we theologise about things.. so that's something we all need to be careful when we read the Bible! Sure got me thinking about "hmm.. is God really male?" .. what do YOU think?
Discovery Group - was ask to do it for the "Combined WA Bible Study" where all 3 centres came together. Didn't know any of the members of that group cos they were all from OCF Curtin, so thought it might be a good idea to do "The Bible Overview" presentation. Thought it went alright, as I had prepared & expected, but got feedback that while it was good, it was still boring, cos it doesn't really excite people, especially the non-Christians.
Hmm.. been chewing on that feedback for 2 days now.. and will have to chew on it somemore! Anyway, don't think I can solve that in a jiffy, but will definitely be thinking & praying about it more!
Oh yes, what happened to my sermon? It was on the book of Esther, and it was for my "Preaching to Dummies" class. Generally got good feedback, with the constructive criticism being "Stay away from your notes!" Yeah, I tend to keep looking at my notes when I'm nervous.. but I suppose with more practice, I should be able to steer clear of them and be more natural! But being able to just practise giving a sermon in front of class gave me some confidence, especially in front of an Aussie audience! hahaa...
Anyway, there was a part where I used some Cantonese phrases, and that had a double effect! I said "Sei Lah! Sei Lah!", meaning "Die, I'm going to Die" (in the context of the expression Asian students usually use when they're stressed with 4 assignments due in a week) .... Firstly, one of the ladies had worked in Hong Kong for 10 years, and she knew exactly what I was saying! So she laughed soOooo loud cos it reminded her of the students who had stayed in the unit below hers!
Secondly, for those who didn't understand, it was like an "attention grabber".. cos they were like going.. "WHAT?!" and all paid attention to listen to my explanation after that. Hahaha.. coolz... looks like slipping in some words from a different language can be a potentially helpful tactic!!
OK, back to my last and final assignment!!! Onward Christian Soldier!!
1 workshop, 3 assignments, 1 tutorial presentation, and 1 Discovery group to lead! Phew! Thank God I'm still sane!
Explains why I slept so much whole day yesterday.. didn't get up till almost 10am, went back to sleep slightly after breakfast, and after lunch, and went to bed at 10:30pm! hahaa... how i love just not needing to do anything but relax!
I must confess that I skipped one 3-hour lecture this week - Old Testament unit on Job & Ecclesiastes.. felt bad, but was struggling to finish up my 3000 word essay.. which I managed to pull through with only 2600 words. Oh well..
Workshop for the OCF local committee didn't go as well as wanted to, was rather nervous and ranted off at top speed!
Tutorial presentation - was on the topic of "feminist theology".. really interesting though.. key lesson learnt is that we can be so influenced by our culture, tradition, even our gender in the way we theologise about things.. so that's something we all need to be careful when we read the Bible! Sure got me thinking about "hmm.. is God really male?" .. what do YOU think?
Discovery Group - was ask to do it for the "Combined WA Bible Study" where all 3 centres came together. Didn't know any of the members of that group cos they were all from OCF Curtin, so thought it might be a good idea to do "The Bible Overview" presentation. Thought it went alright, as I had prepared & expected, but got feedback that while it was good, it was still boring, cos it doesn't really excite people, especially the non-Christians.
Hmm.. been chewing on that feedback for 2 days now.. and will have to chew on it somemore! Anyway, don't think I can solve that in a jiffy, but will definitely be thinking & praying about it more!
Oh yes, what happened to my sermon? It was on the book of Esther, and it was for my "Preaching to Dummies" class. Generally got good feedback, with the constructive criticism being "Stay away from your notes!" Yeah, I tend to keep looking at my notes when I'm nervous.. but I suppose with more practice, I should be able to steer clear of them and be more natural! But being able to just practise giving a sermon in front of class gave me some confidence, especially in front of an Aussie audience! hahaa...
Anyway, there was a part where I used some Cantonese phrases, and that had a double effect! I said "Sei Lah! Sei Lah!", meaning "Die, I'm going to Die" (in the context of the expression Asian students usually use when they're stressed with 4 assignments due in a week) .... Firstly, one of the ladies had worked in Hong Kong for 10 years, and she knew exactly what I was saying! So she laughed soOooo loud cos it reminded her of the students who had stayed in the unit below hers!
Secondly, for those who didn't understand, it was like an "attention grabber".. cos they were like going.. "WHAT?!" and all paid attention to listen to my explanation after that. Hahaha.. coolz... looks like slipping in some words from a different language can be a potentially helpful tactic!!
OK, back to my last and final assignment!!! Onward Christian Soldier!!
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