Monday, August 10

I really thank God that RAG is over and more importantly that we are able to present Science RAG in a manner that we’re proud of. The rather successful completion of our float would not have been possible without His guidance and protection. I would not dare take anything for granted but choose to acknowledge His sovereignty over the entire process. Over the last 2 weeks leading to RAG, many adversities happen, almost everyday i faced outburst of emotions from different people and many accidents and sicknesses plague my dancers. Together with a fellow Christian comm member, we chose to pray and believe God for answered prayers. indeed, on one memorable incident, God proved Himself to be faithful and built us up in our faith.

With regards to the results, we were disappointed, not simply because we didn’t win any awards, but felt quite unjustified that other seemingly weaker opponents won instead. No matter what, results can be changed and we just had to accept them. Most importantly, we are proud as a faculty and as a committee that we had outdone what we did last year and better ourselves yet again in terms of our float and presentation, something which was undeniable. I was really proud of what we are capable of, proud of what we have done and present to the rest of NUS.

To reflect upon what God has been teaching me through RAG, i believe more than just to do up a beautiful float presentation, it was to see the different faces of human nature and to learn more about inter-personal relationships. I believe I have matured much over the past weeks and definitely a stronger person in handling adversities.

Almost immediately after RAG day ended, i started to ‘suffer’ from RAG withdrawal symptoms. Considering that i have been doing rag almost everyday since May, there was a sudden sense of lost when everything ended. Not in the sense of lost of direction, but all of a sudden, i have so much ‘freedom’ to do what i want. I will definitely miss the rag season and especially the long periods of stayovers in school. But i was also thankful that I didn’t really have to suffer much withdrawal symptoms considering that i was hanging out most of the time over the past 2 days. I believe life would resume quickly back to normal once school starts tomorrow.

Tomorrow marks the start of a new academic year. Have not had much chance to think about what to expect ahead, considering that RAG just ended but i do pray that it’ll be an exciting and meaningful time where i see God working through my life.

jel; 11:28 pm