Monday, September 12, 2005
hang out.
after coming back from balai, i realised that it did not impact me as much as the other mission trips i've gone to. things were very smooth sailing, everything went according to plan, no glitchs. the state of living, lack of water, lights, hygiene or even a toilet bowl did not seemed to faze me anymore. comparing to hainan, i would say the pple in hainan are much better off? hmm. well, was talking to shimu yday about how the language barrier was a huge problem and that might be a big hindrance to us if we want to reach out more to the pple. ah well, somehow its always after such trips that we return to singapore appreciating everything we have around us.
oh! on saturday night at the village, we gave out lanterns to the kids and brought them ard the village! it's so pretty to see so many lanterns bobbing in the night with no street lights in sight. but it ended up with the kids leading the way and pple like me lagging at the back trying to avoid muddy puddles and attempting to cross the river on a tree trunk. (yee ler had to help me across due to my lack of balancing skills. =/) but luckily i wasn't the only one! weixin was suppose to be holding on to a kid but halfway got whisk away by someone cos we were walking so slowly. so her mother asked "eh! wheres the kid that you were holding on to?" and weixin replied "duno leh. i think the maid took her away." and the mom just gave the O_O look, burst out laughing and say "what maid! its either the sister or the mother!" i didn't know how to react. i found it kinda hilarious but then again, its like very bad. =/ haa..haiyarr.
anyhoo, enough of balai cos i really have nothing much to say on it. yday was a great day! hang ard in church after lunch to check out the rehearsals for the talentine on sat. had a good time sitting ard, talking to pple and just unwinding. had eugene play canon in D for me again and he is getting really good at it!! the feelings, the emotions, its all there man! think he knows tt i'm gonna ask him to play canon b4 i even asked so he actually started playing "can you feel the love tonight" when i stood at the piano. basket. hahah. well! its always nice to hear beautiful music =)
met up with shihui later in the afternoon. went to the natas fair and got a few brochures as well as check out the deals offered. made our way downstairs after tt to the wedding fair, looking at the beautiful gowns and albums. shihui got approached by the person asking "so when's the big day?" and she just gave the O_O look and said she's just looking ard. so after tt we tried to come up with template responses in case someone asked us again and we changed it from "oh next june =)", to "oh we haven't fixed a date yet". but in the end, we decided to go with "oh..he just proposed..*shy yet excited smile. if can blush, all the better*" HAHA! =p
its such fun to hang out with her. dinner at thaiexpress (yet again! nice food. yum!), dessert at bakerzin (ice chocolate, waffle icecream, 2 small cups of earlgrey with tons of sugar), after lots of talkin, table banging and laughs(pendulum and wings. *guffaws*), i reached home feeling accomplished and exhausted. =D great day. great company. good food. yay!
Useless fact of the day: It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
blip rambled on
Monday, September 12, 2005
