Holy Thursday ...

5 more days to Jurisprudence exam, and then 2 weeks later i will be free ...! (at least until i start my attachment in the magistrate's court in ipoh, the thought of wearing black and white everyday, looking like what my bro called a waiter/promoter/mourner...and whether there will be constant tea breaks, or mountains of documents that need stamping etc...)

today is Holy or Maundy Thursday, and i m reminded of a hymn they sing in my church in Ipoh when the foot washing of the apostles is taking place. i would love to sing it for you, but we'll make do with the lyrics at least...simple and full of meaning...

Service
we were made for service,
to care for each other,
we were made to love
each sister and brother,
with love that will last
through sorrow and pain,
a love that will never die with strain.

God sent his son to show us the way
one who loved every moment of the day
one who died that we might live
and ... [forgotten the last line of this verse...sorry!]

life can be so lonely when nobody cares
life can be empty when nobody shares
but if we give ourselves both time and again
the happiness of Christ will live within.

to all Christian friends, Have a Blessed Easter! and to all other people slogging away for exams (read:local uni students) gambade, let's all 'add oil'...('jia you')...and cheer up, nothing can be worse, i m sure, than doing an exam while having a toothache, which was what happened to me in first year during the islamic law paper. i had to have an x-ray and other scary stuff done in the dentistry fac clinic on the saturday after the paper with cheery tina who told me as i was whimpering in a corner "aiya...you won't miss that tooth, extraction is nothing, maybe a lot of blood lah, a bit of pain but still nothing...!"
luckily i didn't have to extract it, but still, i had to have porridge for the rest of the day... and all's well, ends well...