one step closer. i’m one step closer, and everything seemed so surreal.
how God has led me here, I realise this is the way He is showing me His power.
“So do not fear, for I am with you…” Isaiah 41:10
Yes sir, I wouldn’t fear.
University of Carleton has offered (conditional offer) me a place in their university, to study in their Faculty of Engineering -> I chose Aerospace Engineering.
I.am.amazed.
I’ll tell you why in a second. Whether or not I’m accepting that, that’s another story for another day yeh.
Space has been my fascination ever since I was in primary school. Heck I even wanted to be an astronaut but THAT definitely went out of the window. My interest changed as I grew up but I maintained the close-to-astronaut dream. Someone told me about MIT (weehee, my dream too! haha) and I checked it out. It was a good thing too for there is where I found out Aeronautics Engineering and Astronautics Engineering, the latter being more related to spacecrafts and friends, while the former concerns aircrafts etc.
Needless to say, I proudly said my ambition is to study Aero-/Astronautics Engineering. HAha boy, I did raise many eyebrows.
Anyhow I persisted. Bear in mind that is the closest I could get to becoming an astronaut!
And now…Now I have an offer to study Aerospace Engineering, which encompasses both Aeronautics and Astronautics (I think , Aerospace is said to have a wider scope than that of Aeronautics and Aeronautics’ pretty an old name).
Phew.
I don’t know about you but for me, I am very…I don’t know. Words fail me. All these are surreal.
I mean, when I was younger, I suppose I doubted I would ever be able to do that..How many people can actually get to study Aerospace Engineering?
…But hey, I’m ONE STEP closer!!!
I can’t believe it sometimes.
It’s 2nd best to knowing I’m going to Heaven soon…Make it 3rd best, 2nd best should be going back home to Ipoh. Nah make it 4th..whatever.
You get the idea? But I guess you’ll not understand how I feel lest you’ve experienced that deja-vu feeling. Part of me know that I’ll be doing just that, but the much greater part of me is filled with doubt.
Even now, I doubt. Will I be able to make it through to my degree? They say it’s challenging, I say I want to do it…and God, He just said He’ll make a way when there seemed to be no way. Ahhhh God, you’re comforting.
Again I say it.
Aerospace Engineering…WOW.
Yeah u should go for it. Do something out of the ordinary. People may laugh at you because you’re taking something different, but you can laugh at them because they are all taking the same courses. Ha ha…it’s just my saying…
Wow..aerospace engineering..!
God bless you! Congratz~ ^^
like lester said, he is always proud of going to the other UNI which not many people going.
Aerospace engineer is awesome, i need a frend to bring me to the rocket too!!!
GO for it is u r ready!!!
tuxin! it’s a blessed thing to be able to fulfill that childhood dream
ahh. so proud of you!
From one ex-carleton to a possible future one, go for it, the aerospace program in Carleton is very well known in the North America. One of the project they carried out during my time there was to designed a satellite to be sent up by Nasa which they did!!! But tell u what, you might be the only asian girl in the program, and it not easy.
wow… AEROSPACE ENGINEERING!!!
i dun really like space…
but i do love aeroplanes!!!!
I LOVE AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING!!!!
n MIT was my dream too!!!!
haiz…
but i m not as brave as u…
i did apply for aerospace engineering in University of Carleton too…
but i didn’t send thm the documents…
too bad~~ TT
so i will take mechanical enigneering…
maybe in UBC~~
n maybe will take aeronautical as my sub course…
if it is available lah…
although i think the course will be really challenging and hard,
but i think u r able to do it…
go for something extraordinary…
i support u!!!
but after u graduated,
remember to share some knowledge wit me yea~~ ^^
lester: yeah man! and haha, again i say it, WOW! =) thanks yeah.
a friend: you popped up again! thanks for the wish. now i guess it’s for me to run somemore =D
snail: if you were in my EAP class, you would have known that I’m building a staircase to moon. *grin grin* interested?
jenn: that was nice of you =) my encouragement tank’s filled up. haha.
katan: yes and i’ve heeded your advice in regretting now, remember? =D so i’ll slog thru it no matter what. haha. and hey, looking at the bright side, i’ve more angmoh hunks for myself! hahaha.
wei zhang: haha. brave? i rather think of it as..stubborn, or blind. you see, when i applied, i didn’t think abt the consequences of taking such degree. idk why, i just didn’t want to think abt it. stubborn i guess.
thanks for the support man. those are the words i need. and high five for MIT!
i’ll teach you how to build a staircase to moon yeh. =D and i’m sure UBC’ll be pretty. dang it’s the best city to live in in the whole wilde world!!
whoa whoa whoa!!!!!
CONGRAAAaaaAaAAaaATTTZZ~
dream come true eh? chun nyer.. *jelous*
one small step for tu xin,
one giant leap for ______??
i dunno.. u tell me.. XD
again.. CONGRATZZ!!!
hey just read through your blog and i must say that i am very happy for you .i really know how you used to feel because i am there now. but i can only imagine the happiness and relief you must be feeling now.aerospace engineering hass beenmy dream too from my child hood day and after i left secondary school i applied to universities in the united states but couldnot go becausei cant aafford the tuition.i founda cheaper alternative though in TUDELFT in the netherlands but they have refused meadmission like twice .i am currently studying mechanical engineering but i have not been too sucesful in it because that is not where my mind is. aalthough i have ayear to graduate i have still applied again this year though i really am not hoping but i stillpray i get it…….. even though i have been praying for three years.so i want to congratulate you onceagain you really deserve it.and mke the best ofit
lee: hey there. thanks =D i’ll definitely make the best out of whatever God dropped on my lap
i hope you’ll get to do what you’ve always wanted to do someday =)
tsuey tsuey tsuey darling
i am so freakin’ proud of u!
i want a rocket thx thx thx
and rmb ur promise, u’re supposed to bring me back a canadian leaf!
i have not forgotten.
somehow i love the font of your blog
i know u will do well in whatever you do.
all the best aite?
love love love and hugs hugs hugs.
CONGRATS! Carleton’s one of the tops in canada hehe. Aerospace engineering, I’ve considered that before but was discouraged by dad so yeah :/ Ohhwells (: HAHA. Good luck! When are you leaving?
Hebat sangat la Tsuey:) I’m so proud of you. If God has planted this dream in your heart, He will surely bring it to pass. The Olympic medallist Eric Liddell (his story was told in Chariots of Fire) said: “I believe that God made me for a purpose… for China. But He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure…. To win is to honor Him.”
If He has made you with a scientific mathematical brain, and a cherished desire to escape this earth into boundless space…then your pursuit of that dream is a God-honouring pursuit as well. So go for it!
tsuey… I miss you!! I’m coming back soon…
ming: haha ok ok maple leaf for you aye? throw in a mini rocket too! haha
evie: aku tersangat rindu 5S1 lah. haha i’ll give you a wave from Mars =)
jin ann: i miss you too and one month’s too long..!