A degree I can finally call my own!!
A degree I can finally call my own!!
I seemed to be studying and going for more certificates ever since getting my first Diploma. But every one I went for was dip, dip and more dip. At the interview with my pastors, my PIC commented, "WOW, you had so many diplomas ... diploma in Electronic Engineering, diploma in Quality Management, and diploma in Management Studies". Haha, yup, he's right - I do have many diplomas, but somehow I just couldn't pluck up the courage to go for a degree - in a way, it was some myth that I chose to believe in that getting a degree is not an easy feat, and it's perhaps something my confident level isn't up to as yet.
Because of the need in ministry, pal, A and I had to register with the seminary some 6 years ago. We began as occasional student - taking one module at a time, while working in our ministry with the students in school. A was the first amongst us to decide to convert her occasional student status into full-time studies, while pal and I remain as occasional students and plod on slowly. It was later when pal and I met our classmates (we were part-timers with full-time job then) that we contemplated seriously and prayed about coming on board full-time for the next 2 years - partly also to get our studies over and done with. So when we finally received the conferment of the degree during yesterday's graduation service, we hugged each other for so long and said, "We finally made it!!!" ... and I just couldn't hold back the tears any longer that "Yes, we finally made it, and it wasn't an easy journey. Yet we were thankful to the Lord for giving us each other, to cheer, encourage and support each other in this journey of faith."
Dip, dip, dip ... finally it's dip, dip, dip, degree!! =)
I seemed to be studying and going for more certificates ever since getting my first Diploma. But every one I went for was dip, dip and more dip. At the interview with my pastors, my PIC commented, "WOW, you had so many diplomas ... diploma in Electronic Engineering, diploma in Quality Management, and diploma in Management Studies". Haha, yup, he's right - I do have many diplomas, but somehow I just couldn't pluck up the courage to go for a degree - in a way, it was some myth that I chose to believe in that getting a degree is not an easy feat, and it's perhaps something my confident level isn't up to as yet.
Because of the need in ministry, pal, A and I had to register with the seminary some 6 years ago. We began as occasional student - taking one module at a time, while working in our ministry with the students in school. A was the first amongst us to decide to convert her occasional student status into full-time studies, while pal and I remain as occasional students and plod on slowly. It was later when pal and I met our classmates (we were part-timers with full-time job then) that we contemplated seriously and prayed about coming on board full-time for the next 2 years - partly also to get our studies over and done with. So when we finally received the conferment of the degree during yesterday's graduation service, we hugged each other for so long and said, "We finally made it!!!" ... and I just couldn't hold back the tears any longer that "Yes, we finally made it, and it wasn't an easy journey. Yet we were thankful to the Lord for giving us each other, to cheer, encourage and support each other in this journey of faith."
Dip, dip, dip ... finally it's dip, dip, dip, degree!! =)
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