I have completed my read of the book, 'Wild at Heart' by John E. There is a lot of stuff in there which I felt has helped to clear the fog i see of the musculine soul. Now I am reading the other book by John and his wife, Stasi - 'Captivating'. There is discovery and freedom in these reads, and not another set of 'to-do' lists. Recommended.Posted on 11.09.07
I shall attempt to write some poems. Can be very kindergarten-ish.. Start training for the race,
Fix what is in disarray,
Fight with what you have,
For there will be an end.
Stop the wandering,
disheartening and wondering,
For there shall be no difference
At the end.
Hebrews 12
The other day I stumbled upon the repeat telecast of 跑吧！孩子 (Homerun), directed by Jack Neo. I had missed earlier telecasts and so I sat there watching like a curious cat. I started watching from the point when one of the main cast - the sister, was with her mother who in labourpains, needed the attention of the midwife who had dozed off across the other side of the village. Parallel senario - the brother was running a race with a very strong competitior. The young girl raced over difficult grounds - part of which was scattered with glass chips, to get to the midwife; the boy got stuck in deep mud with many other runners passing from behind. Their common goal was similar - to run for the one they loved. In the end, the mother delivered, the competitor at race became friend, and they received their priced new shoes. What an impressive production.
I felt the need for me to take action - to do something, especially with what is ahead as a start.
An urgent deadline which required extra hours from Thursday till Saturday late evening. Earlier plans to go Streams of Praise (SOP) and stayover at Kareen's were cancelled. Grateful to Rachel Ou who swopped vocal slots at last minute.
Managed to catch some great fun with CTSS Grads '98 at Aloha Changi on Sat night, binging on barbequed chilli sotong and the usual few of us played 'blind cat' with much persuasion from Pornsak (be sure to catch him co-hosting some of the variety shows on television only if you are free). Left early to rest for the next day, which I realised was a wise decision. Running between 2 services on Sunday morning to make sure I captured Mum on stage at Chinese Service and listened to Ps Tim's message at English Service, had lunch and listened to Ps Song's message at Bilingual Service, had coffee with Andy Chee before he leave for US today, and sat through 3 hours of Pentacostal Foundations.Back home yesterday, I had to think through some of the things which had been bugging me - and especially having spoken with Andy over coffee. (How can I not thank you for those words at the end, if you recall what you said? You seemed to have hit on the nail, brother.) The kind of counsel much needed these days, came from this trusted man, whose faith brought him to where he is. Thank God for you.Will be attending wake of Eugene's grandfather this evening.
Kareen joined us at the end and we lunched at 'Old' Hong Kong at Marina Square foodcourt. Last snapshot was of the equipment on-site for the evening fireworks. After lunch, we got on separate appointments and that's when Mum, Aunty MeiZhu and Esmer accompanied for that evening's fireworks - it was simply awesome but quite brief. I was indeed glad to be back home after a full day at Marina Bay!
Managed to catch some great fun with CTSS Grads '98 at Aloha Changi on Sat night, binging on barbequed chilli sotong and the usual few of us played 'blind cat' with much persuasion from Pornsak (be sure to catch him co-hosting some of the variety shows on television only if you are free). Left early to rest for the next day, which I realised was a wise decision. Running between 2 services on Sunday morning to make sure I captured Mum on stage at Chinese Service and listened to Ps Tim's message at English Service, had lunch and listened to Ps Song's message at Bilingual Service, had coffee with Andy Chee before he leave for US today, and sat through 3 hours of Pentacostal Foundations.
