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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? -Jeremiah 17:9

God knows our hearts. The "heart" of a person includes one's thoughts, feelings, and what makes one "tick". Our hearts are notoriously sinful. Scripture clearly indicates that this sinful nature is present within us before we are even born! (Psalm 51:5) Since we are sinful from birth there is only one solution; a new birth is required! Jesus says "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'" (John 3:6-7) Without Jesus our hearts are not just sinfully diseased, they are not even beating -- the are spiritually dead.

--kiyoo at 12:18 AM

Monday, March 23, 2009

こんちゃ〜

久しぶりに書こうと思って、今回は日本語でためしてみます.

Okay there goes my terrible Japanese. So I will STOP MYSELF!!!

Well, its been a while since I updated this poor blog. There's wayy too many things that have been going on, but through it all I'm really glad that God really pulled me through all the tough times in year 1 and now year 2.

So many changes this year!! 2009!

Ollie's gone to the states

Debs also gone to the states

Meg's going to Japan

What's next?

March is already coming to an end. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!

I can't>_< *sighs* and now Meg is gonna be leaving soon, end of this month. Ugh. So much to do, so little time! AH i shouldn't be blogging at this hour now either -_- but well school is coming to an end when I'm just starting to get the hang of things o_O...

Ah well just a quick summary of what recently...

hmm I just had a major AAH presentation that was a killer but so glad that its over!!! Now for the other smaller projects, quizzz and up coming EXAMS to study for...>_<>

Can't wait till its all over!

--kiyoo at 12:31 AM

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Man found dead on NTU campus

A man from the Nanyang Technological University has been found dead in his apartment unit on the campus.

24-year-old Zhou Zheng, a Chinese national, was an Infocomm Project Officer at the university's School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

He was found hanging in the balcony in his apartment at Block 101C Nanyang Heights where staff and graduate students reside.

Police say they received a call at around 10.30 last night and when they arrived, the body had been brought down to the floor.

The man was pronounced dead at 10.55 pm.

In a statement, NTU says professional counsellors and senior university officers were activated on site to offer support.

The man's parents have since been notified.

As for his flatmates, NTU has found temporary accommodation for them.

When 938LIVE visited the area shortly after midnight, there were hardly any signs of disturbance.

Those that 938LIVE spoke to say the residents there kept mostly to themselves, and hardly interacted with one another.

And some didn't even know who their neighbours were.

PhD student Narendar is one of the residents there.

"I know the students around here, but i don't know the professors, they stick to themselves."

NTU's president Su Guaning says they are deeply saddened by the loss.

This is the university's second alleged suicide case in less than a week.

Both men were from the university's School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

On Monday, a 21-year-old Indonesian undergraduate is believed to have slit his wrists and fell to his death after allegedly stabbing his professor on campus.

--kiyoo at 1:12 PM

A final-year engineering student at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) jumped from a campus block after stabbing a professor on Monday morning March 5, 09.

The professor was in his office at the engineering faculty when the student stabbed him in the back with a knife, leaving him injured.

After stabbing the professor, the male student - who was in his 20s - slit his wrists and jumped off a five-storey building.

Police said they received a call about the incident at 10.35am, and arrived to find the student dead at the bottom of the engineering block.

Eyewitnesses had also told Channel NewsAsia that a person had been stabbed, and that a student, believed to be an Indonesian-Chinese had slit his wrists before jumping off a building.

An NTU spokesman later confirmed that a final year student from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering was involved in the stabbing.

It, however, did not name the two people involved, and only said that their next-of-kin had been notified.

The student is said to be 21-year-old David Hartanto Widjaja and the professor is believed to be Chan Kap Luk, who was left with injuries on his back and arm.

Widjaja was a former president of the NTU Electronic Sports Club.

Professor Chan, a Singaporean in his 40s, was sent to the National University Hospital for treatment and is said to be in a stable condition.

The professor has been with NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering since June 1992.

Professor Chan, who is Deputy Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre at NTU, is said to have been the supervisor of the student in a project.

NTU's president, Su Guaning, pledged to help the families of the professor and student and has mobilised its counselling professionals to help. He also said the matter will be investigated thoroughly.

"The university is deeply shocked and saddened by what has happened... The university community will rally together at this difficult time and do our utmost to help the student's family, the professor and his family, and those traumatised by the incident," added Dr Su.

Speaking to the media at the NUH in the evening, Dr Su said Professor Chan might be discharged in a few days. The stab wound in the professor's back was "deep" but no vital organs were injured. His arm was also not "too badly hurt".

It is understood that at the time of the incident, Widjaja was discussing his final-year project with Professor Chan, as he had difficulty obtaining a pass grade.

Dr Su said Widjaja was a "very good student" whose grades had slipped recently, but he was still considered above average. He said Professor Chan had expressed regret that he could not help his student earlier.

The NTU president said he hopes to prevent such an incident from happening again. "I think it's an overall pastoral care system that is necessary. We've already set up such a thing, with the Student Affairs Office, many counsellors keeping an eye on students with problems.

"Unfortunately, the student never showed that he had problems. ... We would like to review the system to see how we can pick out better students who have such problems, even if they don't communicate with others."

--kiyoo at 1:23 AM

...*RoCk on*...

...RoCk on...