Wonderful. The beauty of it all.
I'm supposed to stop blogging for exams, but instead I find myself blogging even more. Heh?
Okay exams start like Monday. :/
And Jessica says I'm girlie *rolls eyes*.
But today I was really really encouraged. Thanks to all my great friends at church.
Start of today. Emotional "hangover" from the week. The loss of my old prepaid card due to a PIN problem, the loss of my HEALTH (Now I'm down with flu) and the revelation that my parents know a lot more than I think.
So I was considerably down. And I couldn't concentrate on work, let alone revision (heh, I actually finished Mock HCL paper today. But it took me nearly the whole day to do it).
Lunch was fabulous Mi Goreng. Some instant Mee Goreng thing that is nearly exactly like Maggi.
Well I got Heather's present ready. I didn't know about Gracelynn's birthday till yesterday, so couldn't get her stuff :/ Sorry Gracelynn!
But anyway. An unexpected stomachache after dinner (See my body's really bad) made me late. Like, I missed the bus that would have let me reach church at 7.25pm. Like, cross the road halfway, come up to the central divider, and see the bus pass. Try to flag it down, it gives me a false hope by slowing down at the bus stop, but there's no one there, and it speeds off.
Turns out I have to take the next one, the next 81. 81 has an interval of, oh, about 15min?
So I was late by 10min.
PFFFFFFT. AND I was out of water, so had to refill. Which took even longer.
Heh now I remember I saw Jonathan Chan, Elson, and Benjamin Leong.
When I got there it seemed like there weren't seats. SO, in order not to disturb anyone (late by 10min a lot leh), I went to sit at the back, near the poor deaf guy.
Guess what. I find myself behind 2 rows of PLMGS girls who apparently came from PL fair.
So anyway uneasily I worship.
Later I find out I missed the first song.
SO anyway when I got there it was "You are my all in all".
The spirit descended on us. No kidding.
And I was nearly compelled to cry when "Give us clean hands" was sung.
I remember the first time I heard it.
Clearly.
Tricia sang it on stage.
As a solo.
It rang in my ears.
And this time, with Clement as lead...
We didn't need a band. Guitar and keyboard and Clement was good enough.
Well after that I moved back to the guys' section. Sat next to Junyi.
Pastor Reuben preached today.
And he did something special. He preached without collecting offering/announcements.
His sermon was an interesting passage from Mark 5:14-26.
Different Herod...family tree...marrying his niece...the whole thing was complicated.
But he shared with us about a friend who was burning for God, but then faded and finally passed away. Sadly.
And so his message was "Get serious with God."
We sang the closing song "Give us clean hands" through again. AND we sang our hearts out.
We ended, surprisingly, at 9pm.
WOW. So after that I talk to Jarret about a joke about RI that Pastor Reuben made. Haha.
Then in the staircase Junyi roars. According to Ryan, 13th time.
Social time. Haha. EXTRA LONG. Since we ended early. EVEN when I'm sick.
Well first up was Tricia, and she was bullying Jeremy Dang.
Then Junyi roars again, thisthat, Tricia and I lament the cold, she uses her jacket to whack people, Dwight comes up, that guy whose name I haven't gotten bullies her, blahblah...(:
Well I gave Heather her present. And well apparently SHE SAYS Valerie was disappointed that I wasn't going to PL Fair (Oh please, I'm sick, the only thing I can bring is germs, but thanks for the concern (: ) and thanks for the present. And Mii Wei the Taiwan girl (Okay she's reasonable?) thought she saw me at Parkway, and knows she saw me at Heather's house. But cos she was asking in Chinese I wasn't too sure xD. I just responded confidently haha. Then she asked me why I didn't say hi to her. Ah, caught.
And uh Heather thinks DOUGLAS TAY is cute. Okay luh, I suppose better than JT? I have his MSN ;p
And uh didn't get to see much else of Heather, went back to talk with Tricia and all.
Play with Ryan's cap, throw it up in the air. Junyi missed the catch!
Tricia jokes with the uncle about sweets. Then another uncle comes and stares at her.
Haha this is the funny part. Tricia was talking in Chinese, she thought he wanted sweets then realised she'd never given him any before. Then he brought his MP3 and phone and wanted to give to her, then she declined. Then she was like "we'll share" in chinese, and then he went "half for you lah." Haha then she was freaking out the whole while.
Then I put the cap on her head and he says "bu yao qi fu mei nu" (don't bully beautiful girl) then she blushes and laughs and turns away...ah. The fun.
Finally Tricia and I make our way to the bus stop. Again accompanied by Hon, Ryan, Russell, Junyi, and this time Jeremy Dang too. Then on the way Tricia gets mock pissed about me calling her aunty and Russell calling her ahma...then Hon calls her LAOPO! Hahaha and he thought it meant grandma. Hon ah hon it means WIFE!
Anyway my bus comes first so I leave.
And I believe Hon has something to add...
