Tuesday, May 27, 2008
♥ 4:57 PM
Cow sense
Note to self: please settle the rental of graduation gown soon!
Let's see, the past week or so has been placid, even boring.
And I'm really really craving waffles with ice-cream from Gelare - today's Tuesday, no less. Oh no, the agony.
Actually, I just had those delicious little things last week with my sis and mum; Sharon is keeping away from them for some time after our waffle escapade.
So what's lined up for me? Well, just found out that I'm going to go for June's DEW session after all following Zel and Edlyn's pull-out. It will be interesting discovering the hidden skeletons in my closet which I have forgotten about.
Interesting, and just that little bit scary.
Not as terrifying as balloons and bats, but that's a story for another time.
Acts Alive last Friday saw me screaming like a demented idiot because (surprise surprise) balloons - lots and lots of them - were used for an activity. In retrospect, it must be rather amusing watching this grown person spewing incoherent little phrases whenever she made contact with a balloon.
Other than that, I start work in a couple of weeks' time, and the Spiritual Parenting course which I am enrolled in will be beginning around then too.
I don't know what's in store for me, but I'll follow Daddy, as He lights my way for me.
*~and you'll never know till you get there~*
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
♥ 10:41 AM
Funnyz
Thanks to little sis Sharon, I have discovered a new source of entertainment :)
On a more sombre note, the section received an email from Frank encouraging us to rally around the victims of the devastating earthquake in China through our prayers and support.
The overriding, transcendent power of humanity which our Creator has equipped us with has never seemed stronger.
Prayer moves mountains.
Believe it.
*~and you'll never know till you get there~*
Sunday, May 18, 2008
♥ 3:09 PM
It's been awhile
Since I've last blogged.
Almost 10 days, to be exact.
But then again, nothing really much happened - just the same old cell-church-home routine.
It's just that recently, almost half the people in my cell - Frank, Edlyn, Charis, Kenny, and also myself - have been afflicted with some form of physical ailment or discomfort of sorts.
Oh yes, met bro Reags yesterday post-service and it was really nice to be able to see him again after such a long break in between.
Absence, perhaps, does make the heart grow fonder.
So, it's a month to my official start date as an education officer with MOE, and 2 months to my commencement ceremony. (I've yet to order the gown)
Looking back, it's pretty amazing how God has allowed me to stray, taken me back, nursed me back to health, and sent me on my way - following His divine instructions of course =)
I've never ever imagined myself as a teacher, but here I am. And I couldn't be more content.
And therein, I believe, lies the secret to happiness.
That, and a healthy dose of faith in our faultless Creator.
*~and you'll never know till you get there~*
Friday, May 09, 2008
♥ 10:42 AM
Of commencement and citron
So I received an email yesterday requesting that I register for commencement.
This appeared most peculiar due to my prior misconception that after pouring your sweat, heart and at times, blood into obtaining this piece of paper called a bachelor degree, every sadistic individual who has signed up for this modern torture method would definitely show up to receive that little scroll in front of hundreds of people he doesn't even know.
What a fantastically entertaining way to spend a nice Saturday afternoon - the ceremony (called commencement) will last slightly less than 4 hours approximately.
Prior to that, there's the business of renting (or buying) a graduation gown.
I checked that out too yesterday, and besides the strangely ambiguous sizing chart, I had to contend with the shock of discovering the relatively high cost of donning an article of clothing which has been doubtless worn by others before me already.
Total cost of renting the gown: $230 (that's $60 for the rental and $170 as a deposit)
Besides wondering if I should buy a gown (what if it has been worn before?) or just rent it - there's no point in buying something which you would only wear once right? - or just simply rent it, take some nice pictures and return it hopefully unharmed, my brain cells were further put to work by the odd colour of my sash.
Citron.
The only thing which I can conjure up thus far - short of seeking out Google for an answer - is a weird image of many, many oranges.
That, and the fact that I have been feeling slightly breathless for a few days now, has rendered me a strangely subdued being this morning.
*~and you'll never know till you get there~*
Sunday, May 04, 2008
♥ 1:20 PM
She
"Wait," says she, with youthful hope gleaming in her eyes.
"I've something for you; it's not much, but it's all I've got."
He smiles his enigmatic smile, but makes no response.
"Don't you worry," she adds in a gentle whisper. "I expect nothing in return. Nothing at all. So don't you worry."
She holds out that precious gift, and presents it to him.
The silence stretches on, every second a painful moment of dread, of uncertainty.
She stares at him, with arms still outstretched, with a heart brimming with this strange, foreign emotion called "love".
"I'm sorry," says he finally.
With her senses assailed by an unbearable pain, she remains silent, watching him as he turns and walks away.
Away from her, away from that now-forlorn - and rejected - gift.
She trembles, she tries hopelessly to hold back those tears.
The pain is all hers to bear.
"It'll all be ok. Tomorrow's gonna be another day," says she as she walks down the lonely path from whence she came.
*~and you'll never know till you get there~*