Monday, December 14, 2009

Stigmatized pre-trips experience...

Have been "bothering" me for the past few overseas trips.
Wondering why, but somehow it just happened.

Langkawi trip in Jul 09.
Had diarrhoea 2 days before the trip.

Europe trip in Sep 09.
I had piles!
Was so worried I couldn't withstand the long flights
and train journeys...
But by God's grace, thankfully it was healed just before the day I flew.

Then...I came back with corn on my toe.
I'm still nursing it up till today.
Still hasn't fully healed.
What a pain in the ass...no...in the toe.

Asian Youth Day Nov 09.
I fell sick two days before that also.
And suffering from lack of sleep.
Then luckily, I got slightly better the day before
and was more or less ok on the day of departure.

What is the message?
What are all these "coincidences" about?
Sufferings to bear before I can be duly rewarded.
Chinese saying of "bitter first then sweetness"?
I guess I learnt to be more grateful and
appreciative of the trip and to God.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

New colour, new look.

Hired contractor to come and paint our house.
It's been more than 8 or 10 years since we last painted I think.
Now our living room looks more white.
A bit too clean a colour for me.
Guessed it'll take a while for me to get use.
My room too!
I selected "Smoky" (light grey) and
it turned out to be pretty much white based..
with a slight tinge of grey only.
Should have been more bold to select a stronger colour.
But my room does look slightly bigger now.
My sis's room turned out to be the best.
2 shades of pink.

The 3 Malay workers from Johore were very happy-go-lucky.
Though they can only speak Malay and simple English,
it wasn't too tough for me (simple English)
and my mum (simple Malay).
But an unfortunate incident happened to one of the workers.
His father passed away in Johore this morning.
It's really not easy for him.
We bid him farewell before lunch as he rushed home.
Will pray for his dad's soul.

And while being "locked out" this two days,
I had a fair share of watching drama on DVD, youtube
and ploughing through fb, chatting with NFFs at AYD.
Quite a idle way to spent my time.
Guess it's a relief from the hectic weekend I just had.
Looking forward to a more fruitful and productive days ahead.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Back from Asian Youth Day

too many things to blog
so many things going on
Suffering from AYD-hangover
but not much time to recover
Hurriedly set back into the pace of life here
Meeting deadlines
Meeting demands at home
Ah...yes...brought back "love" from AYD
To live the Eucharist
It's been really tough
especially when i'm down with flu
But am trying hard
To lead a New Life.