Thursday, January 11, 2007

Making A Difference

I am feeling a little unwell. It is quite a sudden thing. I was okay in the morning as I was able to complete my run with a dear friend. I was also able to roam around looking for ingredients for the beef stew that I was intending to cook for my family. In the end I had to shelf the idea to next week as some stuff were not available due to my late grocery-shopping.

When I came home, I decided to nap and when I woke up, that was when I got a little woozy. I did not get to rest much after that as I needed to leave for Serangoon Garden Secondary School to assist the Boys' Brigade in their preparation for the school's Extra-Curricular Activity Day tomorrow.

The run this morning was refreshing as my friend and I covered a distance of about 5km. The plan was almost ruined as it was raining heavily around 9:30am - the supposed time we planned to start. We waited for a while and praise the Lord, the downpour eased up and off we went for our exercise.

I also passed my friend the planner I bought yesterday and I am thankful to God she likes it. I did not state this in yesterday's blog - I found the cover so ugly that I decided to replace it by designing my own cover. :)

This morning I was saddened by the sudden passing of a lecturer who used to teach me Sociology when I was doing my undergraduate study in NUS. Apparently he had a heart attack while talking to a student in his office. He was pronounced dead a few hours later in hospital.

I know Prof Rajah as a man who always went the extra mile for his students and he cared to listen whenever someone approached him for assistance. Well, he would be dearly missed by many.

I will always remember this one time when I had to be in NUS for a meeting and when he saw me, he asked whether I missed him so much that I decided to come by to pay him a visit. I replied candidly that I did - to the point of dreaming about him daily. Hee. :)

When he realised I am also in the teaching profession, he basically gave me a pat and said, "Andy, I did not know I inspired you so much!" He laughed as he was saying that. Truly a comical guy he was. To a certain extent, Prof Rajah did inspire me. :)

Well, he made a difference in many people's lives. He was not forced to do that but he made a choice to touch the hearts of people whom he was in contact with.

I hope to learn this from him. May the Lord give me the desire to want to be a blessing to the people around me. :)

"Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever." Daniel 12:3

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