If you’ve seen my FB status from last Saturday, “taking a little time out to meditate before I hit the SUBMIT button”. I did, and I heard it loud and clear.
I was on the brim of hitting the submit button on the form, but I thought perhaps I could add a middle name to my baptism name… I wanted a meaningful name, not just something fanciful. And also a little affected by the conversation I had with my mum the previous week, I just didn’t want to rush into it cuz of the good feeling I had in me after Grace Discovery on Friday.
I decided to put a bit more time to pray about it… And this was the message :
38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
Today’s the wedding of a Poly buddy and I am indeed very happy for him! They exchanged wedding vows yesterday, on his birthday and threw a wedding carnival today to celebrate the joyous occasion.
From the photos you’ll know why I call it a wedding carnival…
This was the friend that personally delivered the wedding invite to the few of us. He definitely set a sky high benchmark for many of us, in Singlish – ’spoil market’. This fella had a memory so good, he required little help finding my place, even though the last time he had sent me back must have been at least 7 or 8 years ago. Not just my place, but Sappie’s parent’s place, as well as Amanda’s place. No address required, by pure instinct and memory.
Most of us has lost contact with Amanda, but cuz he went up to her place personally, managed to invite her to the wedding. The few of us had been speculating if we’ll be able to catch her or not prior to today. And by sheer good timing, she turned up right before the bride and groom made their way back from the girl’s place.
My immediate reaction was to shout out to her, but all I got was a cold cold look and turned away to continue looking out for the newlyweds.
It’s been at least 7 to 8 years that I’ve not seen her, and I really wished we could bury any hatchets between us. It’s long-overdue, in fact, they people in question are now married, and she still looks as good as before, if not better.
All the unhappiness be gone, it’s all in celebration of a dear friend’s joyous occasion.
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I only managed to get Erase Paste from my last list. The festive box set, Glam Idol is no longer available, so I’ve to get Posie Tint and That Gal individually. Need to get a finisher powder… Get Even? Or Hello Flawless?
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On the sidenote, occupational hazard, I can’t help but notice they’re the first eDM that I’ve received with mobile-friendly version! If I’m not wrong, this has just been added this year… I like! Now I can read from my BB…
Joined the iRun group at Raffles Promenade for the first time today, and am impressed at how well-organised the group is! I didn’t know this was a HPB initiative until I came home to google. I always thought this was conducted by Team FatBird. Not wrong still, I think the volunteer marshalls are from the Team.
The marshalls at various turning points keeps our time in check, motivating us along the way… And I’m very fortunate to have met a nice lady whom I can pace with for me to keep us with. I’m really thankful for her, otherwise I would have fell back to my usual run-walk pattern. I actually completed the 5km route in 35mins! Way faster than my usual pace…
The icing on the cake was dinner at Santouka in good company! Hehehe…
Something’s gotten into my mum’s head to think that cuz my bro and I are both attending our respective churches, we’ll abandon her when she dies…
She said, “Aiyah, like that better la… I had always wanted to be scattered into the seas and be free… Don’t even need to have wake, just cremate then after that scatter the ashes into the seas.”
Filial piety is a value beyond religion… I wish my parents can partake the promise with me, but if it’s not going to be so, I’ll respect their choice and participate in the last rites as they had wanted.
I never expected my mom to react this way… It hit me like the heatwave these days…… It’s borhtering me.
One of the little things that always delight me is my niece, well, not a thing, but still little…
They get very excited with birthday songs and blowing candles… This was a little birthday celebration for my sis after dinner last Wednesday… Kaley was awfully sweet…
This little doll, her linguistic skills surpasses our expectation.. Her grammar and vocab goes beyond what we have taught her, maybe all the telly she watches helps… We speak to her mainly in English and Mandarin, her Dad teaches her nuggets of Malay and Hakka, and she’s picked up bits and pieces of Hokkien and Cantonese from us. It’s amazing how she uses the words/phrases she’s learnt. The furthest she’s got to using a slang was ‘Oh shit’ which she pronounces as “Oh ship!”, since then I became more aware of the vocab I use when she’s around.
I shall try to take note of some of our conversations and put it down… I’m sure it’ll bring back fond memories when she grows up and reads this with me…
I decided to start a new category called ‘Blessings’ to remind myself how blessed I am, and to be grateful and thankful for everything, every person.
Some of you might be wondering why these days I’ve taken a whole new interest in spirituality. Well, in fact it’s not new, I’ve been a believer since my early teens, I was in the Girls’ Brigade back in school days, spent 3 good years in Sunday School, and a non-commissioned officer in GB.
My walk in faith has been more than half of my life, but never been attending church regularly. My peers back in GB days have mostly left the church, so I had no motivation to return to the home church. And then I couldn’t care less about spiritual thingmajig cuz life was just too exciting to set aside time on Sundays.
I only seeked when I’m in desperate need of help, when I need sanity. Other than that, I never took time to walk and grow.
It’s not that life is now less exciting, or I’m getting old that I’m turning back to faith. But I realised that all these years, I’ve never been forgotten, I’m still cared for and watched over.
There have been too many amazing things that had happened to me all these years, just that I had failed to realise then. Especially in the form of guardian angels who have helped me along the way – work, home and life. Backtracking might be all too draggy, cuz there’s just been too many, I decided to start the book this 2010.
I look forward to more good things, and all good things ahead. And I trust that I’m always in good hands.
Was over a Zouk Winebar on Friday night for a smallish farewell party. What really caught my eye wasn’t any cute boys, not to speak of in fact, but the coasters from breathe.sg.
Ever since cutting back on drinks, I’m put off by the antics of some drinkers/drunkards… Getting sloshed is UGLY. I try not to remind myself of those silly drunkards I saw over at ZoukOut.
Drinking is fine, as long as you know when to stop. No point trying to act hero by drinking everyone else under the table… Who’s the one to look silly at the end of the day??
What drink to chase away sorrow? Bollocks! I have learnt, never go out to drink if I’m feeling upset, don’t even bother going out, just stay home and sulk away. Drink when you’re in a jolly mood – celebrations, catch up, chill out, networking. But NEVER NEVER drink when you’re feeling down, it’ll only make you feel more worst.
It’s a revelation that many of us only come to realize when we’re older… Some of us are luckier than others, damages could be done to our body without knowing, only to affect us when we’re older.
Take heart, take care of yourselves now, so that you need not be a burden to your love ones in the later years.
Only if I can say the same of my other vice… That’s a real toughie…
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