Bandaged Soul...so I can open my heart to you again.

Christmas season is usually a time for gatherings. And with all the "fei-lou-ship" comes feasting, inevitably. Can you imagine a get-together without food? In Singapore, it's actually quite hard to imagine. Let's count the feasts... 19 Dec - Band Christmas Lunch Buffet @ Downtown East Sakura 24 Dec - Office Christmas Lunch 24 Dec - Family Christmas Dinner @ Peck Hong's (a.k.a. 大姐's house) 26 Dec - Worship Ministry Team Leaders' Meeting cum Christmas Lunch at Caleb's 26 Dec - Cell Group Dinner at (the other) Caleb's Was supposed to go for another Dim Sum buffet this afternoon at Tung Lok but I pulled out the night before for obvious reasons. Yesterday, at both Caleb's, we had turkey...on the same day eh. Wa lau... cannot make it (referring to myself, not the turkey). And I realised... I got quite a lot of presents this year wor! :P I've caused so many people to be blessed (it's more blessed to give than receive mah, hee hee...).

God sees us through and through. There's nothing we can hide from Him. Truly, I find it comforting when I can get beyond my grief and bare my heart to Abba Father. He knows how I feel and why I feel the way I do. In His mysterious way He would show me my heart in the matter and gently correct me so I get the right perspective. Sometimes it's hard for me to accept it but in the end, there's release in that submission. God's ways are higher than man's ways add together. He sees the present from the future so it would only be wise to do it His way, even if at the moment it doesn't seem to make any sense. Release forgiveness and grant grace to those who deliberately rejects acts of kindness. Do not give up on those who are blinded by their own wickedness and see others as themselves. Continue to love. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual host

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (Acts 16:31) When mom told me that she is signing dad up for baptism, I didn't know how to respond. She said she asked dad and he was ok with it. So last week he went through baptism class and the ceremony this evening. Except David's family, the rest of us were there to support. Definitely, an evening to remember. God is so faithful!

Maybe she's right. It's probably better to keep colleague interaction at work, and occasionally just go for a day's outing, evening meal. But friends should be able to go for a short trip together. I guess it depends. Would have to be really close friends who wouldn't mind just sitting around doing nothing and chat about anything under the sun.

"Scars remind us of where we've been but they don't have to dictate where we're going." Call me a sadist, but I used to enjoy peeling the scabs. The deeper the wound, the thicker the dried up scabs. Awesome... Many times things remind us of our past. Sometimes we remind ourselves, sometimes others haunt us with their words and actions. I'm thinking of this song by Kelly Clarkson: Because of you I will never stray too far from the sidewalk Because of you I learned to play on the safe side So I don't get hurt Because of you I tried my hardest just to forget everything Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty Because of you I am afraid Maybe we hold on to it fearfully because we still can't accept that it happened to us. We hang on to the should have's and could have's, rehearsing it over and over. Then when we try to move on and brave a new path, the what if's c

The past few weeks I've brought different people to eat at Pasta Manna on 3 separate occasions. Don't know why, just a craving and a good idea. Haha... We really ate a lot that day. From 12 to 3pm we just sat at the table right in front of my brother's stall - Pasta Manna. Hiromi will be going home soon and she asked me out for lunch. So we set the date for Sat, 12 Dec. She likes local food so I decided to take her to Old Airport Road Hawkers' Centre. Hiromi had Marinara My favourite Aglio Olio *Special* (with meatballs and bacon) Then I ordered the supersized sugar cane drink which we really took our own sweet time to down it while we chat. Supersized Sugar Cane Drink After the food in our stomach were in the correct place, we moved on to dessert. Like what Hiromi said, the temptation is too much. Haha... Hiromi ordered Cheng Tng My Ah Boh Leng In Almond Paste All the while as we progressed from one course to another, Hiromi was happily snapping away. She took the stal

Was at the US Embassy today...ok, yesterday, to be more precise. It was a certificate of appreciation presentation ceremony for those groups that performed for the Daniel Pearl World Music Days that the embassy supported. I was representing our Fusion Percussion Anyway, the journey there was ok. Decided not to drive but just cab there since there's no parking on site, only a few alternatives around the area. Mistake. It was nearly impossible to get a cab back to TP after the event which ended slightly after 5pm. The rain didn't help. THANK GOD I managed to hijack a cab dropping a passenger at the other entrance of Gleneagles Hospital. The taxi queue stood over 20 people (not kidding) and the cabs coming in were rather scarce. God, I hope I won't ever have to be in this situation again... Suddenly, a new found appreciation for dear old Matrix. After that I met up with Francis, a Band alumni for dinner. Wanted to go to David's stall, but...it was closed for washing. Bumm