Now it’s all about FOCUS. The power of focus is not easy to acquire, as it require discipline and self-motivation. It brings forth succession and achievement of targets to a group or a team. Like what the conductor had said what we need in choir now is focus. People will find it boring, but that’s where self-motivation comes in handy. After the co-quote “de-brief” today, I really felt the power of this word “Focus”. We tried it and it somehow worked for our section, only for a few who still cannot make it. Let’s just keep the goal in mind and strive for it. I’m sure we’ll be able to do well in singing.

Woooooosh…… The one week of break past really fast and it had been quite a meaningful one, compared to my previous holidays. I went on to understand more about math and finally went to a studio to jam. Time really flies. You could be just entering the studio now and zmmmmm….. You realized that you left the last minute. It’s really fun playing around with the electric guitar, with a real good amplifier. It was able to give the effect of a helicopter and even with muting it gives an awesome sound.

Finally, I went to KBOX. I really can’t remember the last time I’ve been singing in a KBOX. In the past, I would always print out lyrics of rap songs and memorized it. After that, I would play the music and set the volume to half full. Try to learn the style of the song and zmmmmm…… I would realize I had been in the room for almost half a day. It was really surprising that during those days, this was how I killed time. Now I realize that I spent half a day in school and usually the other half in CCA, the left over time I would spend doing work over the day or spent time practicing guitar. And at last make room for God, like what Pst Phil said last Sunday.

In conclusion, this is what I think. As we grow and know more things, we would be committed to certain things in life and it will cost time. It either makes go forward or pull us back, so we have to choose and make wise decision, to focus on what we really want to do, to have our destiny and to fulfill our purpose.

This really sounds like my journal entry in my journal book. Never mind, practice makes perfect, but no one is perfect, so we can only work or aim for it =)

Friedrich Assignment 3

Dear Diary,

Today was another nightmare for me. I was feeling cloud nine as my parents decided that we would be going shopping. Nevertheless, we didn't get to shop around, after a misunderstanding of me breaking someone's window.

I was passing the ball with my neighbour and my heart wasn’t really there at all. Suddenly, the ball hit the glass of a shop and I was being reprimanded, just because I was a Jew and nobody would choose to believe what I said, not even an explanation by my neighbour and he was actually accused of shielding me. I was traumatized by the incident and I wept. Soon enough, the police arrived. My poor neighbour tried to explain that it was him that was the culprit, but they did not believe him. Fortunately, my dad came and he questioned me. Dad understood the situation and he tried to intimidate the owner with a steady tone, feeling convicted, the owner was afraid to answer to what my dad said, but out of a good heart Dad offered to pay for the damaged caused.

“You don't think you have to protect this rotten Jew boy because you're living in the same house, do you?”

Ungratefully the owner said this. Everyone was the same. They just hate us and think that we are to be taken like dirt. Nobody would ever believe what I said anymore. No more, not even dad.


Friedrich

Friedrich Assignment 2

Dear Diary,

Ever since Hitler was in power, he hated us. I remembered life changed drastically ever since then and it became a disaster for us, the Jews.

Today, I met with the most terrible experience in my whole 14 years of living. I was at the "Jungvolk" with my neighbour to experience the awe of being a scout. I was extremely excited at the beginning. Furthermore, it was the first time I had the chance to interact with so many new people. However, things were not right and I could feel the chill down my spine. I am a Jew and I was at the "Jungvolk". I was actually commanded to repeat this sentence,

“The Jews are our affliction!"

This made me feel extremely uncomfortable and decided that I should leave the "Jungvolk".

Friedrich

Friedrich Assignment

Dear Diary

How sad it was today, when Her Resch came to our house and wanted to evict us from the rented house, just because we are Jew. I really do not want to live with this kind of injustice anymore. I'm getting sick of it and this just wouldn’t stop. People think that we are their affliction, how I hated myself and how I wish I could end my life, but by faith I stayed strong and I have to go through this together with my parents. Being Sick, Lethargic and filled with hatred, I shall only give up over my dead body.

Dad was in a dampened spirit. He had lost his job and how could live go on for us? Being jobless is equivalent to no source of income. We can only suffer this fate and not to work for the government and we still have a source of hope on other private jobs available.

Today, we were at the court to fight for our rights to remain as tenant. After heated arguments and justifying, we finally won the case! This was the happiest moment in my life. We finally had a roof over our heads. The judge showed me how justice was upheld, I was really gratified.

Today, our teacher, Herr Neudorf, talked to us about Jews. He was fair and he told us all the things regarding to Jews and why was discrimination occurring. He told me that I have to attend a Jewish school. However, he asked all my classmates to give me their support and to remain as my friend. Although the teacher was finding ways to make all Jews feel better, but I knew what the purpose to enroll a Jewish school and that the teacher was trying to encourage us.

Friedrich

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Hello!

Its been more than a week since I last posted. I've been sick again now. Well, I think it may be due to exhaustion that led to it. Today went to school in the morning and I forgot to take my attendance using the new system, using fingerprint to take attendance. Went to the central square and I suddenly remembered it. I saw a swarm of student gathering outside D&T room taking their attendance. So I told Ms Leong, she told Ms Bay and Ms Bay asked me to take my bag with me to take my attendance. It nearly brought me into trouble. I walked outside the general office and took my attendance, when I was about to walk back to central square, I was nearly asked to stop by Mr Kamil. He thought that I am late for school and trying to sneak in to school.

Anyway, I it was really kind of a breakthrough for me on Saturday. I played for the combined CG led by Pst YK. The CG is about 30-40 people . The person opposite me was about 9-10 m away. It is the first time I attend a CG led by pst and the last CG for now with E237. Well its kind of sad but I think it is the time that we can grow more. Anyway, its not that we will not see each other again. I will still get to see Mic twice a week.

Yay! After 10 weeks, we finally have a break from school. This is the last week of the term and I'm glad that my hard work for many things had not been paid off. Firstly, its my studies. I had done reasonably well compared to last year result and I'm able to catch up with Maths, thanks to Mic. Usually, I'm like always far behind what was taught to us. Another one is CCA. What I thought of to teach my section finally works! We are now better, we are able to blend, sing in harmony and we are now stronger and louder. This is yet another breakthrough for me, cause I had been thinking of ways to improve and nothing really works for the previous weeks. I don't really knew much to guide people. Thank God after some recompilation of information from internet, conductor and people, I am able to do it.

It's really quite long, since I am contacted by my guitar lesson ICs. I do not know when is the test going to be held. I think it should be round the corner. Hope that I will be able to do well for it.

Really feeling sick now and I have to go visit the doctor soon. Remember to leave a tag when you read this. Wahahahas gtg bye!