Hope which was lost, now stands renewed.
Sorry for the lack of posts, and I'd realised that I also haven't been listening to gospel music in a really long time.
Daddy, can you hear me? I miss You.
3 days to council out-vestiture. 1 April 2008. No matter how much of a joke it might seem to you, it isn't to me. It isn't, to us.
We've been through so much. Perhaps a little way too much. I suppose I really do have mixed feelings about stepping down, though more of relief than reluctance. I'll miss the times, miss the beloved councillors, but they'll always be there - in school, and in my memory. Another trip down memory lane.
First: strangers, clueless children
Second: acquaintances, starting the race
Third: friends, working together
Fourth: neighbours, side by side
Fifth: sisters, laughing through the pain
Sixth: old friends, reminiscing only the good times.
As we close yet another chapter.
Good Friday and Easter this year was the most impactful yet.
On Good Friday, I'd gone to the 11am service at main church with Samantha. The sweet little lady (: She wasn't feeling too good with her voice and all, but.. well, it was Good Friday after all.
Down the Via Dolorosa, Jesus walked.
Down the Via Dolorosa, He chose to walk.
Down the Via Dolorosa, Jesus went to meet His death on that cross.
He died for me. But the quote, "It's only Friday, Sunday's coming" kept coming back.
I went back to church and stayed overnight till Sunday on Saturday night. After rehearsal which ended at around 11.30pm, some people went to shower at YWCA level 8 while the rest of us packed the stuff and walked down to church to put our stuff down. I went over to church with Isaac (Leong), talked a little with him. Sandy came over with some others, then we settled down.
I remember playing the piano while waiting for the rest to come.. Managed to play the right-hand part for Amazing Grace! I couldn't figure out how to play the back part of the song, though. Oh well. Later on, Isaac (Lim) came to chase me away! D: But of course, jokingly. We tried playing the duet piece together but I'd forgotten how to play my part of it! I haven't played that song in a very long time - I used to play it with my mom before. After everyone else had arrived at church and put their stuff down and the girls laid their sleeping bags down at the level 3 GAP room, it was around 1am. It was quite funny to see a whole bunch of teenagers troop down to Kopitiam near SMU at 1am in the morning!
However, Stacy, Sam, Josiah and I didn't join the others; instead, we bought Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough to ease our emoness. (Well not really ours, but aaanyway.) It was great talking/listening with them. And Sam, thanks for listening. (: In any case, I'd had a wonderful time bonding with them! I won't be able to do that with you all in a long, long time.
Oh, Ian's our other daddy now! Because he kept coming to check on the girls, if we were sleeping or not. It was so funny (: Asking us to stop reading, doing our own stuff and going to sleep. So daddy-like, hurhur.
After waking up the next day, halfway when I was in the bathroom, I heard "My Redeemer Lives" playing over and over again downstairs. It turns out they were having a test for the morning service at church.. It got kind of annoying after a while. We packed up and went back to YWCA, where some of us showered, then we had breakfast (McDonald's!) and started preparing for the actual play. So exciting!! It was amusing to see the guys in makeup and all. Too bad I don't have pictures of all the fun we had.
At about 8.30am, we prayed, then waited for the time when the play would start. I was feeling quite.. unemotional at first. I was wondering how I would be acting later, how I would cry. But when those doors burst open, something tugged within me. I don't know what it was, but despite not being able to cry, I felt God working through me, so deeply.
How could I not be moved, Lord here with You?
I'm so thankful for the opportunity God has given me to work with all the wonderful people who made the play so enjoyable to work on together, and so memorable. Serving this way is just so amazing, and it really makes me think about me being involved further in ministry after 'O's. But that, I'm still giving up to God in prayer.
Basically, I want to say a great big thank you to Sandy, Stacy, Sam, Ronda, Wan Ping, Steph, Ben Lau, Jingwei, Yun Hao, Gladwin, Yew Jin, Glenn, Isaac Lim, Isaac Leong, and everyone else who worked in the play. You all have been wonderful and I hope we can work together again for perhaps, another performance or event!
I've been so tired, especially lately. Sad to say, I haven't been handing my homework up punctually because I stay in school until 6++pm all the time, reaching home only at 8pm, and by the time I finish showering and having dinner, it would be around 9.30pm by then. After an hour or half an hour, I would be so tired my brain cannot function properly and I end up slumped on my desk, awaiting my mother's prodding me awake and telling me to sleep properly. And then I would trudge wearily to my bed.
When I wake up the next morning, I remember the mountainous pile of homework awaiting its clearance which never seems to arrive, and I get tired all over again.
I want to get out of this vicious cycle.
For Padma's birthday, I gave her a Disney Princesses Rubik's Cube! Hope she likes it, I think she does. :D
I am now broke with all the present-buying. How oddly satisfying, though. Hmmm.
Kerryn's in Australia now. Hope you're settling in just fine there! Love you, my dearest napkin lady! <3
Daddy, can you hear me? I miss You.
3 days to council out-vestiture. 1 April 2008. No matter how much of a joke it might seem to you, it isn't to me. It isn't, to us.
We've been through so much. Perhaps a little way too much. I suppose I really do have mixed feelings about stepping down, though more of relief than reluctance. I'll miss the times, miss the beloved councillors, but they'll always be there - in school, and in my memory. Another trip down memory lane.
First: strangers, clueless children
Second: acquaintances, starting the race
Third: friends, working together
Fourth: neighbours, side by side
Fifth: sisters, laughing through the pain
Sixth: old friends, reminiscing only the good times.
As we close yet another chapter.
Good Friday and Easter this year was the most impactful yet.
On Good Friday, I'd gone to the 11am service at main church with Samantha. The sweet little lady (: She wasn't feeling too good with her voice and all, but.. well, it was Good Friday after all.
Down the Via Dolorosa, Jesus walked.
Down the Via Dolorosa, He chose to walk.
Down the Via Dolorosa, Jesus went to meet His death on that cross.
He died for me. But the quote, "It's only Friday, Sunday's coming" kept coming back.
I went back to church and stayed overnight till Sunday on Saturday night. After rehearsal which ended at around 11.30pm, some people went to shower at YWCA level 8 while the rest of us packed the stuff and walked down to church to put our stuff down. I went over to church with Isaac (Leong), talked a little with him. Sandy came over with some others, then we settled down.
I remember playing the piano while waiting for the rest to come.. Managed to play the right-hand part for Amazing Grace! I couldn't figure out how to play the back part of the song, though. Oh well. Later on, Isaac (Lim) came to chase me away! D: But of course, jokingly. We tried playing the duet piece together but I'd forgotten how to play my part of it! I haven't played that song in a very long time - I used to play it with my mom before. After everyone else had arrived at church and put their stuff down and the girls laid their sleeping bags down at the level 3 GAP room, it was around 1am. It was quite funny to see a whole bunch of teenagers troop down to Kopitiam near SMU at 1am in the morning!
However, Stacy, Sam, Josiah and I didn't join the others; instead, we bought Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough to ease our emoness. (Well not really ours, but aaanyway.) It was great talking/listening with them. And Sam, thanks for listening. (: In any case, I'd had a wonderful time bonding with them! I won't be able to do that with you all in a long, long time.
Oh, Ian's our other daddy now! Because he kept coming to check on the girls, if we were sleeping or not. It was so funny (: Asking us to stop reading, doing our own stuff and going to sleep. So daddy-like, hurhur.
After waking up the next day, halfway when I was in the bathroom, I heard "My Redeemer Lives" playing over and over again downstairs. It turns out they were having a test for the morning service at church.. It got kind of annoying after a while. We packed up and went back to YWCA, where some of us showered, then we had breakfast (McDonald's!) and started preparing for the actual play. So exciting!! It was amusing to see the guys in makeup and all. Too bad I don't have pictures of all the fun we had.
At about 8.30am, we prayed, then waited for the time when the play would start. I was feeling quite.. unemotional at first. I was wondering how I would be acting later, how I would cry. But when those doors burst open, something tugged within me. I don't know what it was, but despite not being able to cry, I felt God working through me, so deeply.
How could I not be moved, Lord here with You?
I'm so thankful for the opportunity God has given me to work with all the wonderful people who made the play so enjoyable to work on together, and so memorable. Serving this way is just so amazing, and it really makes me think about me being involved further in ministry after 'O's. But that, I'm still giving up to God in prayer.
Basically, I want to say a great big thank you to Sandy, Stacy, Sam, Ronda, Wan Ping, Steph, Ben Lau, Jingwei, Yun Hao, Gladwin, Yew Jin, Glenn, Isaac Lim, Isaac Leong, and everyone else who worked in the play. You all have been wonderful and I hope we can work together again for perhaps, another performance or event!
I've been so tired, especially lately. Sad to say, I haven't been handing my homework up punctually because I stay in school until 6++pm all the time, reaching home only at 8pm, and by the time I finish showering and having dinner, it would be around 9.30pm by then. After an hour or half an hour, I would be so tired my brain cannot function properly and I end up slumped on my desk, awaiting my mother's prodding me awake and telling me to sleep properly. And then I would trudge wearily to my bed.
When I wake up the next morning, I remember the mountainous pile of homework awaiting its clearance which never seems to arrive, and I get tired all over again.
I want to get out of this vicious cycle.
For Padma's birthday, I gave her a Disney Princesses Rubik's Cube! Hope she likes it, I think she does. :D
I am now broke with all the present-buying. How oddly satisfying, though. Hmmm.
Kerryn's in Australia now. Hope you're settling in just fine there! Love you, my dearest napkin lady! <3