Today was a rather mad rush of just trying to get everything organized. Had to ship off ton load of film from my place and fill in the paperwork for those films. Rather hectic considering that I made the call to make a booking for the films to be picked up 2 hours before they close. But it was all good. All I have to say is that DHL is very awesome. More awesome than UPS and FedEx. Period.
So I went to the new member induction for the Golden Key International Honour Society after that mad rush. Rather uninteresting one hour of sitting through speeches from various people in the university and other Golden Key committee members. One thing I noticed though about the speeches given is that there is a huge encouragement to take pride in our achievements, academic or otherwise. But mostly academic. Somehow, after that set of speeches, I finally understand how it is very easy to lose sight of God in the academic circles. It is where achievement is celebrated very highly and is even encouraged to build your own legacy around your achievements. All throughout the talks, the idea on how we should strive for academic excellence as well as strong leadership and community involvement. While those are good things on anyone's books, the ultimate aim, it seems, is that we can look back and say " Look! Look at what I have achieved". Surely we are missing the point here. But this is exactly how easy it is to forget about God in uni, especially if you are working in uni. We strive in the research in order to be known to all mankind on what great research we have done, what great leadership we have shown in a body and what great community service we have performed. So much so that that is the only thing we long for. Surely we are missing the point here. Now there's nothing wrong in all the above qualities I mentioned, but there is a line where it is going too far. No matter how subtly you put it, or how you justify it, that is not the end point in our careers. I find it funny that the universities from the western world have creeds or mottos that reflect God or have God in the picture but sadly is very lost in our secular universities of today. Surely we are missing the point here.
After the induction, I went to a friend's house for dinner and play with some lanterns. Although I think it is safe to say that we don't quite feel it like when we did as kids, but there's still some element of playfulness even in our adult state. We don't cry as easily (although that is debatable) or run around as much as kids but we certainly had our fun. As an aside, a friend who went for the dinner told me that he saw the pre-wedding photos I did recently and he say that he liked it. Liked it so much that, according to him, inspire him to do more photography. Whoa. I don't think I've ever get that comment. Ever. While you may think that may not be a big deal but this guy has a full frame camera plus one or two very high grade lenses to boot. It goes to show that people with equipment may not necessarily have all the answers when it comes to photography, and I don't claim I have either without equipment. To the "true" photographers reading this blog, you probably already knew the previous statement already and still say what's the big deal. Yeah, there's no big deal. Just surprised for this lowly amateur photographer to hear such things. By the way, I'm not dissing in any way or form. Just so you don't get the wrong idea.
Two assignments on Friday and a major class test on Monday. Rawr.
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