Living out Faith

So today Eve dropped me off at Fashion Valley mall for me to have a walk around. The mall is huge. I've been there a couple of times and I still like it heaps. The first store that I went into was Bloomingdales. Love it. While walking around I saw crumpled notes on the floor. I thought nothing since all US notes look alike so I bent down to pick it up. I looked at the notes and it was 200 dollars. The first thought that ran across my mind and I'm not going to lie about it is to keep the money since there isn't a name on it. No name, cash on the floor so finders keeps, losers weepers, right? But for some reason, I didn't feel that great. I texted Eve and she suggested that I should hand in the money to security. I continued shopping before I handed the money to security. But I must say that throughout the period when I still have the money, I didn't feel all that great shopping. Once I handed over the money, I felt heaps better. Sure, for the one second, I looked at ...

My days are kinda blurry. I landed on the 20th of July. Spent a night with Sharon and then 2 nights with E. It was good hanging out with Sharon and spending the night and day with her. With E, it was nice to hang out with Aunty Amy and B but the best bit was actually hanging out with Little L. She's about 6 months old. The latest addition to the Sim. Love the little kid! On Friday, 23rd July, I caught the plane to San Diego. I caught the plane with Nelson. A friend from church in Singapore. I got to know him about 5 years ago when I was helping out in Sunday School camp. And the interesting bit is that I hardly even had time to meet him for a meal in Singapore but in States, we met for lunch and a tour to Star Wars studio ( don't really know what it's called) and then we sat on a flight to San Diego and then had 2 meals together. Guess, we've done all the catching up! I'm sitting on Eve's couch typing out this post. It's been really good! Can't believe t...

I'm sitting and typing this out in Hong Kong International Airport. This is probably my favourite airport. I like HKIA even more than Changi Airport. I know, not very patriotic. But seriously, I do like HKIA heaps! Anyway, I'm sitting in the airport lounge waiting for my flight to San Francisco. I know, there must be a better way than to fly into Singapore 8 days ago and then out of Singapore into Hong Kong today and then connect to San Francisco. But I wanted to see my family before flying out to the States and the best way from Singapore to San Francisco is still through HKIA. So there you go. For the past 8 days, I had a really good time in Singapore just hanging out with Babe and JC and the family. I was even reluctant to catch up with friends because I wanted to be with my family. Even this afternoon on the way to the airport, I was a little reluctant to fly thinking of the 3 weeks that I'll be missing from Babe and JC. But the light of the tunnel is the favourite peop...

Yesterday while I was in the general office I was called into the principal's office. Not to worry, I wasn't in trouble. My principal told me that she has my new contract and it's ready to be signed. The last time I signed my contract, I just signed it and didn't have to have any conversation with my previous principal. But with this principal she wanted a little chat. She went through my contract with me. There's a clause in my contract that said I couldn't work outside school unless I get permission from the school. And I laughed and told her, don't worry, I'm kinda a tad too lazy to work outside school. But what came next, brought a huge smile to my face. My principal took time to thank me for working hard for the school and she said that she really appreciate the hard work that I put in for the school. I was kinda surprised. I wouldn't say that I'm the most hardworking teacher in the school. I do what I'm told and what I have to do and so...

I love television. Really love television. Actually, maybe just too much. Even when I was studying in Australia, I would rent videos to watch all night when I can sleep late. When Babe went back to Singapore to work, I started my video or movie watching again. One of the movies that I watched and was really touched by it is, The Blind Side. When I rented the video, all I had in mind was this lady, played by Sandra Bullock, coaching a football team. And boy was I wrong. It's about a lady who saw a kid and decided to take him in. And the entire family accepting the kid for who and what he is. They love him as their own. It was such a heartwarming movie and the even better bit of it, it's a true story. While watching the story, it reconfirmed my thoughts on adoption. I know that we can't save every abandoned child but if we can save one, why not? If we can make a difference to one child, why not? And if we can save more than one, it'll be a blessing.

I've a thing for counting down. I just love to count down. But then again, sometimes I feel stupid counting down and looking forward to something and then the something passes really quick. It's almost not even worth counting down! One of the things that I count down to is the 40 hours weekends that I have in Singapore. From the moment that I book the air tickets, I'll start counting down. And then, the trip to Spore and it's almost instantly that the 40 hours zoom by so quickly and then I find myself at the airport waiting for my flight back to Singapore. The next moment, I sit in the airplane thinking, what? The weekend is already over? So the question is why do I like to count down to a trip or an occasion so much? Well, maybe that's my little ray of light at the end of the tunnel, the little hope of something or something that makes me feel positive and happy about. I guess it makes my life a little more interesting. So what am I counting down to now? My trip to...