My Testimony - Part 2

While being trained in campus crusade, I also attend church service, mainly the methodist church. Initially I attended the one in BDC (which i forgot the name) but later I joined the one in Hui Sing Garden (English service of Holy Trinity). Nevertheless, even though I was active in organizing events for Campus Crusada (a parachuch organization, meaning the co-workers there all attended their own chuch), I was super-active in scout!

Because of peer pressure, 2 months after my conversion (my conversion date was 20+ September 1995, it was 11 years ago!), my best friend match-made me with his girlfriend's best friend. I was going into form 3 while my girlfriend is in form 1. All of us actually joined the same scout troop. I felt like I was living a double life. In front of people, I was so 'kind and helpful', while inside of me, I was a hypocrite and liar. I always denied to my friends and family I had a girlfriend, which cannot be hidden cause it was so obvious. I could talk on the phone for few hours as well as went out very often just to go 'paktou', with the convenient reason: "Go scouting!". Mind you, I was still very active participating in campus crusade meeting (a big event every month), ISCF (a Christian club which hold gathering on Friday noon time), church youth meeting and Sunday service PLUS my usual scout activities on weekends.

Fast forward: the relationship with my first girlfriend lasted for almost a year. I was so selfish at that time; the reason I wanna broke up with her because her result was not as good as mine. I did not even tell her face to face that I wanna broke up, i just wrote a letter and posted to her house. Unreasonable right? That's how hypocrite I was!

Back to my study: at the same time with all the 'happenings', I was okie with my study. In fact, the teachers had 'marked out' some students who they were very sure could get straight As in PMR. I was one of them. I prayed and studied hard at the same time! I was so confident that I could get straight As. When result was release, 6As and 2Bs. NO straight As!! That time, i felt as if the world was collapsing! I was so disappointed and depressed. Eventually, this turn to anger to God, of His failure to answer my prayer! I chose a drastic step, to totally ignore God, by not praying and not reading the Bible any more. I found reasons not to attend youth meeting and church services. I could not escape much though from campus crusade, which I reluctantly continue to help.

Because I got only 6As and 2Bs, I couldn't get into the first science class. So I got into 4H with some grudges. Little did I realise that it would such a blessing in disguise by not getting into first science class. Among all the schooling time that I have (even until now in Imperial College), I spent the most fun time in form 4 and form 5. Our class won the interclass sport day; our class were well-liked by most teachers (1st sci class ppl was always quite geeky and nerdy); most importantly, we did not have the pressure of expectation as those in the 1st sci class. In fact, I still manage to get 1st in class for 2 terms in form 4 and 1st term in form 5 (2nd term, i got 3rd, because i spent most time mIRCing and ICQing, the start of the internet era :P)

Hehe, I wanna boast a bit about my achievements in those two years. In Green Road Secondary School (GRSS), some of the big clubs and societies are like koperasi, library, radio club and of course the 'hated' prefect board! I hold the portfolios of all the highest position a form 4 student could ever get to. Vice-chairman of Koperasi, vice-president of library, group leader of radio club and assistant head prefect. I was at that time, the troop leader of my scout troop and the assistant drum major of the scout band. Okie, all these were history! :p

With all the above mentioned results and achievements in form 4 and form 5, I was the only one from my school being awarded the most sought after scholarship, the Shell Scholarship. It happened because God has His plan for me. He did not answer my prayer of getting straight As, but He gave me something even better!

To be continue .... next part about me and Hope JB

p/s I think I left out really a lot of stuff about my life (sinful one) in secondary school. I am afraid to bored you all to death. Probably one day will post a detailed one!