Friday, January 13
broke.
i'm broke. just spent $218.30 on paying for my january guitar class and theory class fees and the grade 6 guitar exam book. cost me a bomb. each month i take out $180++ from my pocket to pay for my music lessons. uni textbooks are horrifyingly expensive, and you only use them for 4 months. microecons text cost 40 bucks. i am not going to buy it. i will probably look for cheap 2nd hand ones. i managed to borrow the macroecons text from a friend. i bought the math text for $15 today. at least that was affordable. for theatre studies and social work text, lw is helping me borrow it from her friend. thanks. something to thank God for: i sold the sociology textbook that i bought last year. bought it for 26 and sold it for 20. good deal.
nowadays i don't usually ask my parents for money. in the past, they paid for my transport, my guitar fees, my textbooks, my stationery etc. now i do the paying. i earn some money from giving tuition. it's not alot, but sufficient if i don't spend it carelessly or thoughtlessly. i have to learn how to spend money wisely, so that i can give to the Lord and yet at the same time pay for all my fees!
children can melt ones heart. went to a friend's house yesterday to play with her 3 year old kids. they are amazingly adorable! they are so sincere and so lovable. it is easy to make them smile. one of them gave me a big hug twice!! hahah... so sweet. i had so much joy and fun playing with them.
yesterday i called C. had BS with her the previous week. during BS, she said she felt uncomfortable talking about Christian stuff with her friends. but yesterday, she shared with me that she wrote a card to her friend to share about Jesus and eventually she found the opportunity to follow up with a call through the phone. she was afraid, but she found courage and she did it. jia you C! good job, well done! let's all not be afraid to tell our loved ones about Jesus. Jesus is the best gift you can give to your loved ones. pray unceasingly for them. be persistent in prayer.
help me to trust.