Out of the Blue

Upon touch-down at the airport, I received an SMS that a friend had passed away. While fighting jet-lag, I attended her wake and paid my last respects today at the crematorium. On my way home from church, my Grandma called me and told me my Dad got his arm hurt while taking the lift. It was quite a big gnash, but thank God he is fine. Then, my brother told me my Grandpa had a back sprain, ouch.. Please pray for me and my family, appreciate them so much!

Last Saturday, we celebrated my grandma's birthday with a nice buffet spread. My grandma is 80+ plus years.. she is a dearie to me. She took care of me since I was young. She called me "Baby!!" till I started Primary School(I had to remind her that I was no longer one haa ;p) My grandma taught me how to cook, sweep the floor and do marketing. She insists that girls must know all these things. (And you can guess she does not insist boys do the same arrghh) Two weeks ago, one of my friends burned a CD containing Hokkien Christian songs and asked me to pass to her. I procrastinated for a couple of weeks, as I expected rejection. Perhaps it is not very appropriate I thought. But I decided to try anywayz, by faith. Finally, last Saturday I brought the CD and my CD player,taught her how to on and off the CD player and there she was- listening to the songs! She was even singing along my goodness...praise the Lord! She even asked my brother later how to repeat a certain t...

My father was quietly hanging the clothes on the beanpole when I walked into the kitchen. Oopz I should have done the laundry earlier. But I was spared from any nagging, phew! Thats my Dad- quiet, unassuming, but faithful and hardworking...no guy i know is more hardworking than my Dad. He is a delivery driver, at it for the past 20 plus years. He is a male chauvinist, has a big ego and boasts with a laugh sometimes. But he is helpful, and always thinks of others before himself. He jokes sometimes, but I don't get it and that makes me irriatated haiz..;p It's Father's Day! My brother and I wanted to bring him out for lunch. But he refused with the classic reason- "You got a lot of money ah? If you have, save it for your marriage la.. Outside food where got nice? You know how much you spend on one meal? $4?? one week will add up to $20.. you can save more if you eat at home...and it always ends up this way (sigh and haha..it's very funny as I reflec...

It's been a week plus since I returned from Mongolia. I've never expected to go there, even for a mission trip..well God's ways are higher and better I believe! One of the first things I had to adjust to was the colder weather. It was dry- my lips were cracking and my hands and feet were getting scaly.. I had to put on lots of mosturizing cream. Before long I was marveling at the buildings and roads that I did not expect to see in Mongolia. They were Russian style, built when they controlled the country many years ago. I was surprised to hear that all their universities were near one another, lined up along what was the University Street. Coolz.. The people were strange and interesting to me. They spoke in such a queer language that it sounded like Japanese, Malay and Cantonese simultaneously! Hard as we tried, we never really suceeded in speaking it. Yet it did not stop us from sharing the gospel to 90 Mongolian students, out of which 38 received Christ! The hea...

When I first saw Christopher 2 years ago, he was staring at a computer in GCTC. That was before I joined Campus Cruasde as a STINTer. He was one of those who egged me on to join staff. And he was really very happy when I finally did. He told me that when he first saw me, he got the feeling I would join staff. "Nothing happens for no reason." He said, and I laughed. I was glad that we were batch mates on STINT. In time, I got to know that he was attached to Winnie, a fellow staff. He shared with me while on the bus one day how he got to know her and became boy-girl friends. Though I never felt Christopher was a romantic guy,he was definitely very serious about romance. "I chose to love Winnie, love is a choice." Christopher has always been someone I could talk to on a heart level. His sincere and pure heart meant I could share freely with him. He was almost always cheerful in every circumstance. It must be joy from the Lord. Last year, Christopher was diag...

The more daunting task before a 3 week mission trip is surprisingly not the packing of my luggage bag but my feelings. I'm missing people, strangely. You know, having the images of people dearest to you in your mind-almost all the time- thinking of writing them long letters. But a mission is before me in Mongolia! Still feels strange to me somehow, but well that's exciting too. I will miss my family- my Dad, bro and my disciples- Charlton's cute face, Wan Teng's smiles and Simon's orange hair. Sigh... but I'll be back on 16th May!