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Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 6:55 AM
Dear Central Two,

I'm really, seriously, honestly, frankly, really really really, at a loss for words. In the blink of an eye I'll be entering into my fourth year in Central Two. I have to say, I really do feel old. (Did you know the sec ones in my camp group guessed that I was 20?!) But oh well, I've still got people like Chee Yann to count on, he is SO old. Joan Chew and Charis too. Isaac is ancient.

But in these 4 years, I really have to say that I've found a really precious family in this cell. This is not a routine, for me to go to church every saturday, attend service and cell and take an hour-long bus ride home after, rather, it's probably the thing I look forward most to in my...life. (This sounds so weird but it's true)

I appreciate how Central Two is made up of different ones from different schools. I appreciate how the Chung Cheng people never fail to make me laugh with their lame nonsense and shrieking and high-ness and everything. Every St Margs girl needs a Chung Cheng buddy. As for the rest of you guys in your own schools, you have impacted me tremendously as well. There are times when I feel like reaching out to my school mates is impossible. After all, I have no cell mates in my school, it's just I, me and myself, right? Wrong. Because there are you people that always inspire me to keep pushing forward and not give up, that we're in the same boat.

Let me take you to a very typical scene of Jayna's life that I'm sure you all have probably experienced at one point or another.
Imagine with me,
It's Monday, it's 1.30 pm, it's hot, you're hungry, and your chemistry teacher is going "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" and all you're hearing is..."lalalalala"?
Torturous, right? It's at times like these that I really appreciate knowing that I am 5 days away from my favourite day of the week, where I get to be in the company of my best friends, worshipping the best God, giving him the best praise.
I guess that's what you guys give me, something to look forward to :)

Though in the future we may need to go our own ways and should "Plan A" really occur, (I've said this millions of times) but I'm sure our friendships will still remain. It's not one of those cliche lines that people use, "Oh, let's be fwenz 4eva" thing? Okay, this song really puts it into perspective for me:

"Because friends are friends forever,
If the Lord's the Lord of them,
And a friend will not say never,
Because the welcome will not end,
Though it's hard to let you go,
In the father's hands we know,
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends".

Amen?

For the leaders, JoanC and Benton
Thank you so much for leading the cell so powerfully and so passionately. I have never seen people love other people this much. Before I met you guys, I never really believed in the concept of "correct them in love". But after seeing the way you guys lead the cell, I really believe that God has given you people as leaders a really special calling. Though it may not be easy (or it never is), it is 100% worth it. To see your members rise up to answer the call that God has on their life. 100% man, seriously. Thank you both for mentoring me, guiding me and praying for me. Thank you Joan, for always checking up on me though you are like, busier than Lady Gaga. And for Benton, thank you for being the lousiest cushy pillow ever, you really taught me what it means to "shut up and just do it" and that's something I need.

For the current batch of Sec Ones,
You. Guys. Are. So. Awesome!!!!! At times when I feel tired or discouraged in the process of leading this cell, I always think about the young ones God has placed in our midst. God has given each and everyone one of you so much potential, it's really spilling out from your ears eyes mouth and everything. Know what I mean? This is not just me saying it but me, meaning it. You people have opened my eyes to see that God believes in young people. For the few of you I had a chance to know better, it's been an honor being your..."big sister". For those of you that I haven't really gotten to know better, I WILL SMS YOU SOON LIKE JOAN SAYS :) And you'll be stalked!! But seriously, I mean it, rise up and take hold of the calling God has on your life. I'll always be here for you people :)

For Kendrick and Jiaru,
You guys always make me laugh my head off. Whether it's cotton on shorts or your chiminology, you guys always, ALWAYS brighten up my day. There is also so much potential in you guys to do great things for God, really. Live it out and shout it loud! I know that your batch is one of the smaller batches in the cell, but CHILLI PADI OKAY! Small yet powerful :) I believe in you guys. (Just stop pranking my phone Jiaru!!)

For the current batch of Sec Threes (MY AWESOME BATCH)
By the time you guys are reading this, you'll be sec four. Oh, my, good, ness, we are old!!! But hey you know it's been so nice growing up with all of you in Central Two, imagine with me about the times when we first entered c2! Grasspatch dinners, pinata for games, pictionary, non-stop thambi loves curry. Good times. But as you guys enter into this year I really pray that God will give you a supernatural strength. Sec 4 ain't gonna be easy. I don't know about you guys, but I won't be able to do it on my own. Let's pray that God will give us the strength we need, amen? Like I always say, "ordinary people in the hands of an extraordinary God can take the world by storm" :) We can do it!! This being the last year in c2, I really encourage you guys to...I dunno. Do everything. I don't know how to put it. But come on, it's your last year, it's time to pull out all the stops (if there's such a saying) and...do everything possible to invest in this cell before you guys leave :) I really love you guys, and I can't imagine cell without you!

I know this is kind of biased, but...
For the Cell Fun Day (III) Committee,
I really don't know how to thank you guys enough. I remember being in Venice when I read your replies to my email (the "don't kill me" one). Though I was really lonely over there and trust me, the cold wasn't making it any better, you guys always made my day. I remember annoying my dad so much saying that I wanted to use his phone to check my email so I could see your replies. OKAY THIS IS SO MEAN. Anyway thank you for meeting up so so so many times for the planning (though you know it wasn't always planning) of CFD. It really amazes me, the devotion that you guys have towards an event like this, I never really knew it was possible. For Joan, thank you for really spear heading this thing and organizing everything together. Thank you Daphne, for always being available anytime and anywhere and you were always ever ready to meet up with us. Thank you Shaun, for singing for us when I was down and for making me laugh all the time. Thank you for travelling across Singapore so many times early in the morning just for the CFD meetings (note: most of the times by cab). Thank you Wenhao, for being so devoted to the whole event and being sad about having to miss gatherings cos of your trainings. It's actually quite touching. And thank you 4 for being such good buddies, and for planning the best CFD ever, hands down best, I surrender :) And for making me cry non stop!!! You guys are awesome <3 Although I'm feeling really sick now, just now was just too good to be true man! To be honest, no one ever made me cry that hard and that long ever before, so you guys should be honoured!! But yeah, thanks so much, my favourite bunch :) Even when I was crying like a...loser(?) you guys still gave me hugs and the guys offered me tissues/SMSed me because they didn't dare talk to me. See why I love you guys so much? :) So I guess that concludes my 2009. Rest early people, we have a world waiting for us to spread the love of God and yet another year to add on to our lifespan waiting for us. With Love,
Jayna.