Living out Faith

Today's the last day of January and well, I've been thinking about my life so far. Yes, I know, this should be written at the end of 2009 and not now. But then again, I'm not one that follow the norm. Anyway, as I sat on the bus on the way home after sending Babe off at the airport, I pondered and thought of my life. As I pondered, reflected and thought of my life, I realized that God had, has and is still doing wonders in my life. So many things have happened in my life and when I sat on the bus, I was in awe and in amazement of how much God had and is still carrying me through all these obstacles that I've been and am still going through. Two things really stood out while I sat on the bus. The first thing, Babe. Yes Babe, the reality is that I never expected and would in my wildest dreams expect to be married to Babe. I may have written this before and I'll write it again. When I met Babe when I was 15 in church, I was gobsmacked, flabberghasted and had the bigges...

Well, since Babe has been away for some time, I've been spending quite a bit of time alone. I've got really well-meaning friends that would call and check and get me out. But truth for the matter, I do enjoy my time alone quite a bit. On Friday night I was meant to be out but dinner got cancelled but I had a good and relaxing time chilling out at home. Yesterday, I got up and was planning to head to the gym but banking stuff took too much time and then I missed my gym class. But not a prob, got myself a 2 hour massage instead and after that, when for a manicure and then got home. And again, had a good time, chilling at home. I know that it's hard to believe that I actually enjoy time alone. But I'm not really alone as Babe would call every 30 mins to talk and chat and then he'll call again. I enjoy the solitude, the quiet time and quietness that I can hear my thoughts and reflect upon them. Guess with my job, always being surrounded by people, sometimes the noise an...

Before I start, I'm going to make this clear, this post is based on my thoughts and I'm not here to speak bad of my home church. I love my home church dearly. The senior pastor there is like my spiritual dad. But rather, this is a post on how I perceive things and also a reflection if I've outgrown my home church or my feelings and thoughts have changed over time and it may not be aligned with my home church. When I was back for Christmas, I attended Christmas Praise Night Service and one Sunday Service (I could have attended 2 services but I chose not to attend the service the afternoon that I flew out). On Christmas Praise Night service, I felt home, seeing old friends and singing Christmas carols. When the pastor started preaching, the person in front of me, proceeded to nod and nod and probably slept throughout the message. A couple others around me did the same. I sat there pondering, are they here just to nod and nap when the message is going on? After the service, th...

Last Sunday, Pastor Tim preached on heaven. It got me thinking a little. A couple of days before going to church, I read in the news about a certain CEO in Singapore dying from a liposuction surgery. Well, liposuction surgery has always been somewhere on my to do list. Yes, I'm stating this as a matter of fact. But after Sunday's message, I'm thinking twice about it. Well, honestly, it's not dying in the liposuction surgery that bothers me. But rather dying and then standing in front of God and shuffling my feet, saying, hmmmm, ummmmm, I kinda died and got here because of a liposuction surgery that went wrong. So guess I've to rethink the liposuction surgery. For now, gym will work! If and when I get to heaven, I want to be able hold up my head high and tell God that I've lived life for Him. At the end of the service, Pastor Tobin brought up that a family is like a little heaven or a taste of heaven on earth. That also got me thinking too. Sure, I don't want...

The past Christmas holidays was a good reminder that love may not necessary be happily ever after. I know, i sound cynical and I just attended a wedding too. But please don't be mistaken that I didn't enjoy the wedding dinner. On contrary, I had a really good time reconnecting with friends and seeing the beautiful couple tango down the aisle. Really beautiful. During the time I was back in Spore, I met a friend whose wedding I attended many, many years ago. She's a lovely girl. We talked and I asked how she was. Sure, I heard from friends that she was separated from her husband. But I wanted to hear from herself and not from others. She started telling me about stuff. And I thought in my head, 'They were such a great couple! Never knew that they would end!'. Of course, there's always two sides of the story but whatever it is, I really never expected the outcome that she told me. A couple days after my chat with her, we attended a wedding dinner. When the powerpo...

Can't believe that it's already the 4th day of 2010. Time does fly really fast. Well, for the past two weeks, I've been in Spore and with this trip, I didn't bring my laptop along and kinda forgotten my camera too. So this trip ended up with not many photos and well, not being connected too. Which is actually really good because I got to really spend time with Babe, family and friends. The highlight of the trip was spending loads of time with Babe. The morning drives with Babe, the eating, the talking and generally, the time spent with Babe. The other highlight was attending Colin and Iris' wedding. It's really nice to see such a sweet couple getting married. And knowing that they really looked and are still looking towards God for direction. And another highlight, catching up with friends. I know sometimes it is hard to catch up with friends that I've not seen for ages and not everyone has the time to meet up with me and that's why I really appreciate w...