Peeping at a Blessed Mess: Looking up for now... (and ever after?)

So now, SYF's over, Founder's Day is over... phew. =)

Been hearing so much of the SYF songs i couldn't get them outta my head. It's like the chorale follows me home and never stops singing even when i go to bed. spooky. well, at least they don't sound bad.

Anyway, we got a bronze.

After SYF, went to get my phone. Saw the same AngryWoman collecting her phone - she was there on Saturday night too. A little less angry this time. So glad to get my phone back... and was instantly bombarded by a back-log of SMSs...and got a sweet sms from Pastor Tiak. =)

i like godly leaders who love their sheep. =) Meeting him next monday... looking forward to it... he's an enigma to me. So thinking, yet so feeling. So tough, yet so gentle. So wise and shrewd and strategic-ish at times, that i fear he's responding out of human wisdom, then suddenly so led, and releases God's Word for the season so clearly. Oh well, after all is said and done, I only know he's proven himself faithful, dependable and a person of integrity who seeks after God with a pure heart. we may have many differences of opinions, but all said, he's cool. he's my pastor, and i love him.

anyway, i finally got to eat at Sun and Moon!

Iris (or Adeline?) first told me about this restaurant and i've made 3 prior attempts to eat here, but it was only on Wednesday that i finally succeeded. And it was worth the attempts! Food's good. Enjoyed it tremendously.

Succulent prawns, yummy roe...

...My foie gras....

Munch's snow cod...

Got home and did housework till almost 1am. ha... when we first got our place, we kinda enjoyed doing housework together... chua said give us 2 months, and we'd start dreading it and neglecting it. Well, we lasted more than 2 months, but yeah, now it's really becoming ummmm.... less fun.

On Thursday, 2 colleagues came over to visit, and we shared and encouraged and prayed for each other. It was a very short visit, but i'm thankful for it. It's nice to be with positive, godly people. It's nice to know that God put us here and is always our strength and our master. it's nice to know that i'm not alone, that they are true friends, brothers in christ, and not merely colleagues at work.

Then after they left.... i had some time before Core Group Meeting, so .......I NAPPED!

Oh glorious glorious day! Oh divine afternoon! Oh God-sent nap!

Gosh, it's such a wonderful feeling to sleep. And after the nap, I felt much better. Think i have to accept the fact that human needs sleep. When it was time to go, i really had half a mind to skip the meeting and just sleep on. But then, i thought about shirley and felt guilty. then munch messaged that he was coming back to pick me up... so i got up and went. And i'm glad i went. was a fruitful meeting. Shirley is so lovable. Desmond should rejoice. =) i like that she speaks her mind, and she listens without judging, that she doesn't succumb to discouragement and despair, that she's the "CHAAAAAAARRRRGGGEEE!" type.

after the meeting, came home and finished marking the rest of the test papers. Yay! =) Late night again, but at least i took a nap in the afternoon! Poor munch concussed on the beanbag while waiting for me.

He's quite cute hor? and the thing i'm happiest about now, is that he's "taking on" Kidz ministry again. Hehe... as i read the email he sent out about tomorrow's program, my heart welled with appreciation and admiration again. The man who serves humbly, the man who understands me, who supports me, who has the inner strength to bear my burdens when i feel weak, whose calm, quiet, balanced nature is such a beautiful complement to my sometimes-fiery, erratic passions.

yups, munch, i know you will read this... just want u to know that i am encouraged that you are seeing visions, that you are holding fast and encouraging me to hold fast, that you are trying to break out of the dryness, that you are my leader, the head of my household, my cover. Jia you!

So yeah, i think things are kinda looking up again. i'm disappointed by the ugliness of the world, but God's beauty is dazzling.

May i look at Him always.

anyway, had Play Montfort today. we went bowling.

think i got the lowest score in the whole school, but wadeva. =)